Church Of St Margaret

The Church of St Margaret is a parish church located in Upton with Fishley. It dates from the 14th and 15th centuries and was restored in 1885 by A.S. Hewitt, with further restoration of the tower completed in 1928-1929. The church is constructed of flint and brick with limestone dressings. It features a west tower, nave, chancel, north and south aisles, and a south porch.

The plain square west tower, rebuilt in 1928, has short pilaster buttresses on the first stage only. It includes louvred two-light bell openings with an arched transom and 'Y' tracery, as well as honeycomb brick sound openings on the north and south sides. The west window is set in a brick surround with a brick-headed lancet above it. The south porch has a gable cross and a stooled niche with a restored head above the doorway, along with two-light east and west windows. The north and south windows are three-light Perpendicular style, divided by staged buttresses. The arches are constructed with brick and flint voussoirs.

Inside, the nave features a four-bay clerestorey with two-light windows that have square heads and labels. The east window of the south aisle is flanked by a wall monument to John Cater, who died in 1781. There is a priest's door in the south wall of the chancel and a five-light Perpendicular east window. The walling of the north aisle incorporates brick and limestone blocks, some of which are worked and re-used.

The nave roof has castellated tie beams with arch-braces that rest on wall posts, and the principal rafters are arch-braced. The alternate wall posts are cut to accommodate the clerestorey. The church features four-bay arcades with piers that have four shafts with fillets between them, and the arches have filleted hollow chamfers. A painted consecration cross is visible on the north side of the chancel arch.

There is a 15th-century screen base with eight painted figure panels and remnants of an inscription on the middle rail. Piscinas with traceried heads are located in the north and south aisles, and a painted consecration cross can be found in the south aisle. A re-used Romanesque capital is positioned in the stoup by the south door. The church also houses a fine 14th-century octagonal font set on a stepped podium, with the upper level featuring a quatrefoil frieze adorned with carved lions at the corners. The font's stem is carved with eight figures, while the bowl is decorated with angels and the signs of the Evangelists.