Architectural Features
partial rebuildings in C17 and C18.
Squat C15 west tower with angle-buttresses.
Embattled parapet with corner pinnacles in the form of seated figures, those on the south-east and south-west renewed.
South aisle rebuilt in C17
![The monument seen at the end of the aisle is to Thomas Marsham (d. 1638); the monument seen at right is to Henry Marsham (d. 1692) who is depicted in a kneeling position with his wife Anne and their 12 year old son, who both died in 1678, and a baby daughter wrapped in swathing bands. See also > [[740658]].
The tower of St Margaret's church is believed to have been substantially rebuilt in 1422. Inside, there are two doorways: one leading into the Marsham chapel, separated from the nave by a wooden screen and housing 17th century memorials to members of the Marsham family (seen here), and the other into the nave and chancel beyond. The church was greatly restored in the 19th century and the pulpit, lectern and desk as well as the organ date from this time. The large brass chandelier > [[740642]] was brought here from Russia. The north windows are inset with medieval glass, one containing a series of the four evangelists > [[740645]]. There is a large stone effigy of a woman who holds her heart in one hand, in the northeastern corner of the nave; the name of the woman, who is referred to as the Black Abbess, is not known but she is presumed to have died around 1300 > [[740648]].](https://storage.googleapis.com/natbase-94192.firebasestorage.app/observations/2B8bxkdFrRaNBKHKuJcfbhTowL22/1775904370443_740657_88dbe53a.jpg)
Interior: South aisle with groin-vaulted ceiling houses fine C17 monuments to the Marsham family: at the east wall Thomas Marsham , a marble effigy reclining on a black sarcophagus.
The monument seen at the end of the aisle is to Thomas Marsham (d. 1638); the monument seen at right is to Henry Marsham (d. 1692) who is depicted in a kneeling position with his wife Anne and their 12 year old son, who both died in 1678, and a baby daughter wrapped in swathing bands. See also > [[740658]]. The tower of St Margaret's church is believed to have been substantially rebuilt in 1422. Inside, there are two doorways: one leading into the Marsham chapel, separated from the nave by a wooden screen and housing 17th century memorials to members of the Marsham family (seen here), and the other into the nave and chancel beyond. The church was greatly restored in the 19th century and the pulpit, lectern and desk as well as the organ date from this time. The large brass chandelier > [[740642]] was brought here from Russia. The north windows are inset with medieval glass, one containing a series of the four evangelists > [[740645]]. There is a large stone effigy of a woman who holds her heart in one hand, in the northeastern corner of the nave; the name of the woman, who is referred to as the Black Abbess, is not known but she is presumed to have died around 1300 > [[740648]].
On the south wall, kneeling figures of Henry Marsham and his family.
The figures kneel on a ledge in front of a double niche surmounted by a scrolled pediment on Corinthian columns.
Octagonal font with quatrefoils.
![The tower of St Margaret's church is believed to have been substantially rebuilt in 1422. Inside, there are two doorways: one leading into the Marsham chapel, separated from the nave by a wooden screen and housing 17th century memorials to members of the Marsham family > [[740657]] - [[740658]], and the other into the nave and chancel beyond. The church was greatly restored in the 19th century and the pulpit, lectern and desk as well as the organ date from this time. The large brass chandelier > [[740642]] was brought here from Russia. The north windows are inset with medieval glass, one containing a series of the four evangelists (seen here). There is a large stone effigy of a woman who holds her heart in one hand, in the northeastern corner of the nave; the name of the woman, who is referred to as the Black Abbess, is not known but she is presumed to have died around 1300 > [[740648]].](https://storage.googleapis.com/natbase-94192.firebasestorage.app/observations/2B8bxkdFrRaNBKHKuJcfbhTowL22/1775904371829_740645_1e08a7ab.jpg)
Fragments of medieval glass in north and south windows.
The tower of St Margaret's church is believed to have been substantially rebuilt in 1422. Inside, there are two doorways: one leading into the Marsham chapel, separated from the nave by a wooden screen and housing 17th century memorials to members of the Marsham family > [[740657]] - [[740658]], and the other into the nave and chancel beyond. The church was greatly restored in the 19th century and the pulpit, lectern and desk as well as the organ date from this time. The large brass chandelier > [[740642]] was brought here from Russia. The north windows are inset with medieval glass, one containing a series of the four evangelists (seen here). There is a large stone effigy of a woman who holds her heart in one hand, in the northeastern corner of the nave; the name of the woman, who is referred to as the Black Abbess, is not known but she is presumed to have died around 1300 > [[740648]].
Good brass chandelier in nave with 25 branches in three tiers, probably early C18, said to have come from Russia.