Church Of St Margaret

The Church of St Margaret is a parish church built in 1897, designed by A H Hoole of London and funded by Mrs Georgina Longueville-Jones. The church features a nave and chancel under a single roof, with a west lean-to baptistery and porch, a Lady Chapel to the south, and a gabled vestry and organ wing to the north, topped with an octagonal bell tower. It is constructed from Calverly stone with Ancaster stone dressings and has plain tile roofs. Architectural details include quoins, a moulded plinth, a cill band, a moulded eaves cornice, and coped gables with kneelers and cross finials.

The lean-to west porch has a pointed arched south doorway with double plank doors featuring ornate iron hinges. The west facade is supported by three buttresses, with single lancet windows between them, and a fine circular window with wheel tracery set back above. The east facade displays a single lancet window in an unusual surround. The south facade has two 2-light plate tracery windows for the nave, each accompanied by a buttress to the left. The Lady Chapel features angle buttresses, a graduated triple lancet window in the west gable, a double and a triple lancet to the south, and a 2-light plate tracery window in the east gable.

The chancel has a canted apse to the east, with diagonal buttresses and single tall lancet windows, while the central east face is blank. The north facade includes a vestry and organ projection to the left, featuring a triple lancet window below and a circular window above with wheel tracery. The west side has a single priest's doorway and an octagonal stair tower. The tower is lit by small lancets on the stairs, and the top stage bell chamber has a single pointed arched opening on each face, topped with a stone spire. The nave contains a single lancet and two 2-light pointed arch windows with plate tracery, separated by buttresses.

Inside, the church boasts a finely carved reredos with painted and gilded plaster figures, an alabaster altar, and original wooden elements including the altar rail, choir stalls, organ case, pulpit, and pews. An elaborate wooden rood screen is complemented by plainer side screens. The south Lady Chapel features a stone vault, and a marble bust of patron Mrs Longueville-Jones stands on a marble column in the vestry.