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St Margaret

St Margaret

Stoke Golding

Leicestershire

An early C13 church was refashioned and enlarged between Circa 1290

Architectural Features

Circa 1340.

West tower: Early C14, 3 stages marked by offsets, angle buttresses die into the third stage

there is a fretted frieze beneath a hollow moulded parapet string containing sculptured heads, and immediately above this, at each corner and in the centre of each face is a small gargoyle, and above these an openwork parapet of quatrefoils.

The south side of the church was added Circa 1290-1310 and has 6 pointed 3-light windows alternating between (from the left) Geometrical tracery of three circles containing quatrefoils, and cusped intersecting tracery.

There are buttresses at the bay divisions, and these were formerly surmounted by richly carved pinnacles, the stumps of which survive, being linked by an openwork parapet like that of the west tower.

The north side was remodelled Circa 1320-40, and work appears to have begun at the west end.

The 2 nave windows have ogee-moulded hoods terminating in carved heads whereas the 2 chancel windows have returned concave quoter-round hood moulds.

At the east end is an ambitious late C13 chancel window of 5 cinquefoil-headed lights with elaborate cusped Geometrical tracery, roll and fillet-moulded mullions, 2 keel-moulded outer orders and a keel-moulded hood terminating in heads.

A hollow chamfered gable coping contains carved fleurons and the apex is surmounted by a cross.

Drainage spout to the left with a carved face.

4-bay nave arcade of Circa 1290

the piers have filleted multiple shafting and richly carved capitals with naturalistic foliage, oak leaves being much in evidence

C15/C16 nave and aisle roofs

a roll moulding extends along the soffits of the brackets and tie beams being interrupted in the centre of each beam by a carved boss.

Fixtures and fittings: Octagonal font of Circa 1340-50 on shafted base

panels around the sides of the basin depict window tracery, which dates the piece, and standing figures including St. Margaret, the donor, St. Katherine and a bishop.

On the left hand side of the south aisle east window is a corbel carved as a man's head, surmounted by a short column

In the north wall of the vestry is the external face of a lancet window, an indication that the core of a C13 church survives.

Monuments: Late C13 incised sword, possibly commemorating Sir R. de Champaigne.

Tablet to Henry Firebrace, died 1690