St Margaret Of Antioch

Roofs of handmade red clay tiles.

Nave of uncertain date, lengthened towards the W, and S aisle added c.1300, N wall partly rebuilt in C15 except a short length each side of the N doorway.

Chancel late C14.

N and S porches C15.

W tower and W gallery 1699.

The Chancel has the axis deflected towards the S. The E window is C19 except the internal splays and hollow- chamfered rear-arch, late C14.

the easternmost is C15, restored, of 2 cinquefoiled lights under a square head with moulded label

The westernmost is late C14, of 2 cinquefoiled lights with tracery in a 2-centred head with moulded label

The late C14 Chancel-arch is 2-centred and of 2 chamfered orders

the 2 eastern windows are late C15, restored, each of 3 cinquefoiled lights under a square head with moulded label

Between this and the middle window is the N doorway, c.1300, with moulded jambs and 2-centred arch.

S arcade of c.1330 is of 4 bays with 2-centred arches of 2 chamfered orders

the E respond has an attached half-column, restored, and the W respond is chamfered, with a moulded corbel on a carved head.

The roof of the nave has 4 tiebeams, of which one is moulded and carved with running foliage, c.1500.

In the S wall there are 3 windows, C19 except the C15 internal splays and rear-arches.

Between the 2 westernmost windows is the S doorway, c.1330, with moulded jambs and 2-centred arch

In the W wall is a C15 window, restored, of 2 cinquefoiled lights under a square head with moulded label.

The roof of the aisle is late C15, built in 4 bays with cambered tiebeams at half-bay intervals.

All the tiebeams are moulded, with moulded braces to the main ties, and foliate carving in the spandrels.

3 of the 8 bridging beams and about half of the rafters are moulded, the remainder plain-chamfered with lamb's tongue stops, C17.

The W window is now of one square-headed light with diamond leading and some early glass, but formerly had a mullion.

In the W wall is a round-headed window, and below it a panel containing a stone slab inscribed 'To the memory of Mr. Robert Wilde late Rector of this Parish who gave 100 1. towards ye building ye steple Anno 1699', with the names of the rector, churchwarden and bricklayer.

The entrance archway has moulded posts and a 4-centred head with foliate carved spandrels.

The S porch is of masonry, C15, with a crenellated parapet and a grotesque gargoyle on the W side.

In the S wall of the chancel there is a piscina with hollow-chamfered jambs and broach stops, cinquefoiled head, stone shelf and octofoiled drain, and in range with it 2 sedilia in similar style, all late C14.

Further W there is an altar-tomb with cusped cross in relief, recessed canopy with cinquefoiled and sub-cusped arch of segmental-pointed form, late C14.

There is a piscina in the S wall of the S aisle, with chamfered jambs, cinquefoiled head, cinquefoiled drain, and basin broken off, C14.

On the N sides of the arcade columns there are inscribed consecration crosses formy in circles, c.1330.

In the E window of the S aisle there is C15 glass of a kneeling angel with censer, fragments of a female saint and censing angel, probably part of the Coronation of the Virgin.

The font has an octagonal bowl cut down, and an octagonal stem with square top of re-used stone, possibly C13.

In the chancel there is a brass to William Cracherod, 1585, and Elizabeth his wife, 1587, inscription only, partly covered by the organ.

On the E wall there is a monument to Richard King, S.T.P., vicar of the parish and chaplain to James I, black and white marble tablet, undated

and on the N wall a monument to Dorcas, wife of William Smyth and widow of William Bigg, 1633, brown marble tablet with pilasters, cornice and broken pediment enclosing a beehive.

Also in the chancel there are floor slabs to (1) Elizabeth, wife of Christopher Erle, 1655, (2) Mordaunt Cracherod, 1666, below the choir stalls, (3) Robert Wilde, rector, 1690, with shield of arms, and (4) Thomas Willet, rector, 1730, and his son John, 1731.

There are 5 bells, the first by Henry Pleasant, 1702, the second, third and fourth by Anthony Bartlet, 1675.