Church Of St Margaret Of Antioch

The Church of St Margaret of Antioch is a parish church with a small structure that dates back to the 12th century, featuring a nave and a south door. The chancel was added in the 14th century, while most of the windows are from the 15th century. The building is constructed from clunch walls combined with brick and flint rubble, and is plastered. Roman tiles are used for the northeast and southeast nave quoins, and the church has slate roofs. The west gable end includes a semi-octagonal stair turret topped with a timber bell cage, and the quoins are made of clunch. The church has a chamfered plinth and a two-light square-headed cinquefoiled window, with similar windows on the north and south walls of both the nave and chancel. There is a blocked north door from the 17th century featuring a key and impost blocks, while the south door is a 12th-century design with single attached shafts and scalloped capitals, topped by a roll-moulded arch. The porch is likely from the 19th century.

Inside, the chancel features a late 15th-century east window with three cinquefoiled lights and six stepped trefoiled lights above, along with a 14th-century door on the north chancel wall. The south wall of the choir has a three-light depressed arch window. The nave and choir have 19th-century roofs, while the late 14th-century chancel arch is supported by attached round shafts. A 14th-century piscina is also present. The chancel screen, dating from the 15th century, has five ogee-headed arches in an open traceried upper part, though the loft and canopy are missing. There is a 17th-century royal crest, 15th-century poppy-headed chancel stalls, mid-17th-century altar rails, and a 17th-century pulpit that incorporates re-used 15th-century panels. The most significant feature of the church is the 15th-century font located at the west end, which is octagonal and decorated with carved instruments of the Passion, and has a base adorned with angels bearing crests. Additionally, fragments of 14th-century paintings can be found on the west and north chancel walls.