St Margaret

early-late C12

chancel rebuilt 1460-70

The narrow walls of the nave suggest a possible Saxon origin for the church.

C14 two-light window with hood, to the left of the central porch

two C19 two-light stone-mullioned windows to the north wall (single similar window to the north- facing gable of the vestry) matching a late C16-early C17 window at the west gable end.

Three-stage tower: lower stages C12 with C15 diagonal buttresses.

Remains of a Medieval cross finial on the vestry.

plastered with 3-bay late C12 nave arcade with cylindrical piers, carved capitals and round arches with two chamfered orders and hoodmoulds.

Parquet and red tile flooring, some encaustic tiling in the chancel.

Early C11 font comprising a plain cylindrical bowl with a band around the top and a hollow moulding around the base of the bowl.

SP0106 : St Margaret, Bagendon - Font

© John Salmon

Cl9 wooden pulpit with blind tracery.

Monuments: C11 stone coffin lid with a raised cross (removed from the north aisle)

one C17 and two C18 monuments, set vertically within the lower chamber of the tower.

late C18- early C19 marble monument to members of the Bell family

oval marble monument to Ralph Oliffe, died 1762.

monument to the Reverend John Bythesea former rector, died 1845 (q.v. Bagendon House)

monument to the Reverend Thomas Price former rector, died 1860 (both monuments by Lewis of Cheltenham)

monument to William Huntington former rector, died 1757, below the latter, with broken pediment supported on pilasters.

SP0106 : St Margaret, Bagendon - Wall monument

© John Salmon

Stained glass: fragments of C15 stained glass in the windows on the south side of the chancel including fragments from a crucifix window and fragments depicting St Catherine's wheel, the Virgin, and the arms of some weavers.

SP0106 : St Margaret, Bagendon - Stained glass window

© John Salmon

C19 stained glass in the windows of the north wall.