Church Of St Margaret Of Antioch

The Church of St. Margaret of Antioch is a parish church largely dating to the 12th, 14th, and 15th centuries, with a 19th-century widening of the north aisle and other alterations. It is constructed of coursed sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings, while the 19th-century work uses coursed squared sandstone and ashlar. The roof is hidden behind parapets, and stone-flagged roofs cover the porches. The church consists of a west tower with a south-east stair turret, an aisled nave and chancel, north and south porches, and a north vestry.

The three-stage west tower has offsets, a two-light 2-centred west window, small square chamfered windows in the second stage on the north and south sides, elliptical-headed two-light belfry openings, renewed battlements, and large corner pinnacles. The north porch is 19th century, while the south porch has a 19th-century front, both featuring Tudor-arched doors in moulded surrounds under gables; a statue of St. Margaret is set within a niche on the north side. The north aisle has two-light Perpendicular-traceried windows; the south nave aisle has two-light Decorated windows under renewed four-centred-arched two-light clerestory windows. The chancel clerestory features two-light square-headed windows above the Perpendicular aisle windows. A 19th-century five-light east window and a three-light east aisle window are present, along with a small cusped lancet east window in the vestry. A two-light arched window has been resited from the east end of the north aisle into the west. A small round-headed window is found in the west bay of the south clerestory.

Internally, the plaster is painted with ashlar dressings, and the roof features moulded tie beams on brackets with short king posts. Two four-bay arcades are present, the south aisle being lower, with round columns; the south capitals are scalloped, except for the easternmost which has a stiff-leaf capital with a face carved on it. These columns have chamfered arches, while the north arcade has taller columns supporting round arches of two orders under a dripmould. The chancel arch is slightly misshapen and consists of two orders, the inner shafted and the outer without capitals. The south chancel aisle has a very wide arch of three hollow chamfers, while the north has a lower arch of two orders, both without capitals. A 12th-century window is found in the north chancel. Two aumbries are set into the north wall within the chancel. The tower contains a quadripartite vault and a high 2-centred arch. Memorials include a large slab with an eroded coat of arms belonging to Sir John Duck and members of his family, dating to 1695.