Church of St Margaret of Antioch is a Grade I listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1952. A C12 Church. 5 related planning applications.

Church of St Margaret of Antioch

WRENN ID
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Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 May 1952
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Crossgate, City of Durham
OS grid reference
NZ 271 424
Coordinates
54.77584, -1.57992
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

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.

Local climate

Church of St Margaret of Antioch receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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