Church Of St Margaret

The Church of St. Margaret is a parish church located in Morton on the Hill, primarily in ruins except for the chancel and the eastern bay of the nave. The tower dates back to the 11th century, while the rest of the church is from the late 13th century, with some rebuilding in the 19th century. It is constructed of flint with limestone dressings, and some quoins and base courses are made of iron-bound conglomerate. The church features a steeply-pitched pantiled roof that extends continuously over both the nave and chancel, with freestanding walls capped with pantiles and plain tiles.

The round west tower has base courses made of iron-bound conglomerate, and its upper walls are of flint, though it partly collapsed on March 30, 1959. There is a small double-splayed opening on the east side and a small semi-circular headed opening with a large internal splay on the north side. The tower arch is splayed and semi-circular headed. The south porch, made of knapped flint with ashlar quoins, has a doorway with attached shafts. Blocked window openings in the east and west walls feature four-centred cusped heads. The south door is notable for its traceried panels.

There are two-light south windows in the nave, two of which have 'Y' tracery, while one is Perpendicular with cusped four-centred heads beneath a square drip mould. A single lancet window is present in the sanctuary. A slate memorial tablet commemorates William Bowess, who died in 1729, and is set into the south wall. The east wall has staged angle buttresses and a three-light east window with intersecting tracery.

To the northeast, there is a chapel that was much restored and rebuilt in the 19th century, but it retains a 14th-century ogee-headed cusped lancet in its west wall. The north arcade consists of two bays with octagonal piers and responds, featuring arches with double plain-chamfer and keeled fillet. In the northwest corner, there is a fine monument to Thomas Southwell, who died in 1609; it includes a tomb chest adorned with three shields and strapwork decoration in panels, topped by a four-centred arch on pilasters with a coat of arms. The octagonal font is decorated with shields around the bowl and a cusped blank arcade around the stem.

Remains of a screen base are reused on the north and south sides of the sanctuary, with three bays on each side. The church features a 17th-century altar rail with turned posts and balusters, a plastered ceiling over the nave, and a C19 arch-braced roof over the chapel.