Church of St Margaret

The Church of St Margaret is a parish church rebuilt in the 1868-69 in the Gothic Revival style by R J Withers of London. The design incorporated restored elements from the 14th century, including the arcades, tower, and chancel arches. The church is constructed of rough-faced limestone ashlar with smooth ashlar dressings, and has a Welsh slate roof. It comprises a west tower, a three-bay aisled nave with a south porch, and a two-bay chancel with a vestry attached to the north. A chamfered plinth runs around the base.

The two-stage west tower features low, full-width buttresses on the north and south sides. The lower stage has a pointed two-light plate-traceried west window with a hoodmould that continues as a string course. The upper belfry stage has a moulded sill string course and lancets with a continuous hoodmould, rising to an octagonal section with quatrefoiled roundels, a string course, and an octagonal spirelet with lucarnes, surmounted by a weathercock. The aisles have pointed two-light plate-traceried windows with hoodmoulds. The north aisle extends eastwards to form the vestry, which has a segmental-pointed door and a single-light window. The clerestory features six pointed trefoiled single-light windows with hoodmoulds. The chancel has a single lancet to the north, two twin lancets to the south with a continuous hoodmould, and a triple east lancet with a hoodmould and headstops. A continuous sill band runs along the chancel. The porch has a pointed, chamfered outer arch with a hoodmould that continues as a string course, and quatrefoiled circular side windows. It also includes a pointed, chamfered inner arch.

Inside, the church features pointed double-chamfered arches on octagonal piers with plain moulded capitals and bases. The north arcade has original shafted responds with octagonal abaci. There is a pointed double-chamfered tower arch with chamfered responds, and a pointed double-chamfered chancel arch with an inner order on original moulded corbels. The chancel has a sill string course, hoodmoulds, and headstops to the windows, a carved ashlar reredos, and a sedile beneath the south-east window. The church contains 19th-century fittings, including a cylindrical font with nailhead moulding on a shafted base.