Church Of St Margaret

The Church of St Margaret is a Grade II* listed building located on Catwick Lane in Long Riston. It has origins dating back to the 13th century, with a 14th-century tower and 17th-century buttresses added to the south side. The nave and chancel were heavily restored in 1855, and the tower was repaired in 1881. The church is constructed from coursed pebbles with pinkish-red brick infill, featuring ashlar dressings and a Welsh slate roof.

The building includes a two-stage west tower and a three-bay nave with a south porch. The chancel is lower and narrower, with a north vestry. The tower has diagonal buttresses with offsets and a west side that features a two-light pointed window with reticulated tracery at the top. The second stage of the tower has two-light pointed belfry openings with reticulated tracery on each side. There is an eaves string course adorned with gargoyles, and a low parapet with pinnacles.

The nave has buttresses with offsets between the bays. The south porch, located at the first bay, has angle buttresses with offsets and a moulded, pointed-arched door. Above, there is a stone-coped gable with a ridge cross. Inside the porch, there is a pointed plank studded door set in a chamfered surround. The nave contains two-light, straight-headed windows featuring Perpendicular-type tracery in double-chamfered surrounds, with ashlar copings on the gables.

The chancel features angle buttresses with offsets. The south side has a central priest's entrance, which is a pointed plank studded door in a moulded surround. To the left, there is a two-light, straight-headed window with Perpendicular-type tracery in a double-chamfered surround. The north side of the vestry has a Caernarvon-arched entrance with a studded plank door, and the east side of the vestry features a two-trefoiled-light window. The east end of the chancel has a three-light pointed window with Perpendicular-type tracery in a double-chamfered surround, along with ashlar gable copings.

Inside, there is a four-centred tower arch with a double-chamfered head and a pointed, double-chamfered chancel arch on moulded responds. The church also features a 19th-century octagonal font with traceried decoration on an octagonal shaft.