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St Margaret of Antioch

St Margaret Of Antioch

Bygrave

Hertfordshire

Small building with C12 nave and S door

Architectural Features

C14 chancel

Most windows C15

Roman tiles to NE and SE nave quoins

C17 blocked N door with key and impost blocks

S door is C12: single attached shafts with scalloped capitals

Chancel has late C15 E window: 3 cinquefoiled lights with 6 stepped trefoiled lights above

C14 door to N chancel wal

Late C14 chancel arch with attached round shafts

C14 piscina

The chancel screen is C15: 5 ogee-headed arches in open traceried upper part, loft and canopy missing

C17 royal crest

C15 poppy-headed chancel stalls

Mid C17 altar rails

C17 pulpit with re-used C15 panels

Most important feature: C15 font at W end

Octagonal, the panels with carved instruments of the Passion, base with angels bearing crests

W and N chancel walls have fragments of C14 paintings.