Church of St Margaret of Antioch is a Grade II listed building in the Southend-on-Sea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1996. Church.

Church of St Margaret of Antioch

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Southend-on-Sea
Constituency
Southend West and Leigh MP: David Burton-Sampson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 October 1996
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Lime Avenue, Leigh-On-Sea
OS grid reference
TQ 834 866
Coordinates
51.54885, 0.64388
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Margaret of Antioch is an Anglican church completed in 1931, designed by Sir Charles Nicholson and Graham Lloyd. An addition of the north aisle was made in 1938, with designs by Nicholson and Thomas Johnson Rushton. The church features an early Italian Romanesque style and has a basilica plan. It is constructed of concrete with roughcast rendering, brick bands, and dressings, topped with clay pantiles on the nave and leaded roofs on the aisles.

The structure includes a five-bay nave, a two-bay apsed chancel, a south chapel, north and south aisles, a small north chapel, and vestries to the south. A detached Campanile is located to the southwest. The east end has a high single-light round-headed window with square leaded lights in the north chapel, while the apse features three similar windows. The south chapel contains a Venetian window with leaded lights. The south aisle has four round-headed windows with tile arches, above which are projecting single-storey vestries flanking a central door. The clerestorey has four lunette windows.

The west end is symmetrical, featuring a central entrance with a brick arch over double doors and a statue of the patron saint above. An oculus with a tile surround is located above the entrance. The aisles are slightly recessed, each with a round-arched window and a small round-headed window with a square-headed light. The north aisle has four round-arched windows and a central door under a round arch.

Inside, the church has an open kingpost roof with 13 bays and painted roof boarding, along with Tuscan nave colonnades and a moulded cornice. There is a west organ gallery with a later glazed screen below. The font has a base of black marble and an elaborate wooden cover. The chancel has been slightly reordered, featuring a central altar from 1986, while maintaining a circular floor that aligns with the original design.

Local climate

Church of St Margaret of Antioch receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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