Church Of St Margaret

The Church of St Margaret is a Grade II* listed building located in Clee St Margaret. It dates from the 11th, 13th, and 15th centuries, with restorations in 1872 and additions in 1897. The church is constructed from stone rubble, featuring some herringbone work on two chancel walls, and has ashlar dressings. The roofs are covered with plain tiles and adorned with ornamental ridge tiles.

The church's plan includes a chancel, a nave with a south porch, a north vestry, and an integral belfry. The exterior of the chancel has a restored Early English lancet window on the east side and a round-headed lancet from the 11th century on the north side. The south side features a Decorated pointed arched window with two cusped lights and a narrow priest's door with a flat plain tympanum. On the nave's north wall, there are two Early English style lancets to the left and a gabled vestry extension to the right. The south wall has a Decorated pointed arch with three orders of sunk chamfers on the surround to the right, a restored twin cusped lancet with a flat head to the left, and a 12th-century south door in the center with a segmental arch on a plain abacus supported by rounded colonnettes. The door is boarded and cross-boarded, containing some medieval boards. The west wall has a restored lancet, and the stone south porch is a late 19th-century restoration. The bellcote was remodeled in 1897, featuring an open arcade beneath a tiled pyramid roof.

Inside, the chancel has a 2-bay double trenched-purlin roof with straight wind braces, two trusses with cambered tie beams, vertical struts, and collars with raking struts. The chancel benches are dated 1639. There is a small plain pointed chancel arch with a plain abacus, a restored moulded hoodmould, and an apex figure-head, flanked by large hagioscopes. The chancel also has 17th-century panelled gates. The nave features a 3-bay restored single trenched-purlin roof with two trusses of collars and twin raking struts, along with a steeply cambered tie beam. A 19th-century queen-post truss was inserted for belfry support. The nave contains a 17th-century panelled pulpit with carved panels, plain carved bench ends from the 17th century with seat backs that have a moulded top edge, and a plain Norman bowl font.