Church of St. Margaret is a Grade II* listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1960. Church.
Church of St. Margaret
- WRENN ID
- stranded-garret-burdock
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Norfolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1960
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. Margaret is a parish church built in 1796 by Wood. It is constructed from Quaternary and Quarry flint and Lincolnshire Limestone, topped with a slate roof that features oversailing eaves supported by stone brackets. The church has a rectangular plan, with the west end displaying a part-blind Y-tracery window that includes Y glazing bars, flanked by blind lancets. Above this, there is an encircled quatrefoil in the gable, which now has a bell and cover over it. The corner turrets are made of square knapped flint with stone caps.
The south elevation consists of five bays, each with pinnacled stone porches at the first and fifth bays. These porches feature pointed archways and double-leaved doors, each with two-panel leaves that have pointed heads. The side walls of the porches include a blind lancet, and there are blind pointed niches on either side of each porch. Additionally, there are three Y-tracery windows with Y glazing bars. To the north, there is a gabled vestry with a rectangular window that has leaded glazing, two gargoyles on the gable end, and four quatrefoils enclosed in a lozenge, which are presumably from a Medieval church. The vestry has a lean-to structure.
Inside, the church features slight Gothick screens across the nave and between the nave and chancel, which have glazed panels and iron lattice infill. One screen records the rebuilding of the church by Lord Suffield 'at his own expense' and displays the royal arms of George III on the reverse. The ceiling is coved with ribs and rose bosses, supported by angel head corbels. Notable memorials include a fine marble memorial to Sir Thomas Rant, who died in 1671, featuring Ionic columns supporting a broken pediment with an achievement on brackets and drapery to the apron. There is a similar tomb for Elizabeth Rant, who died in 1697, and a tomb for two infants by C. Regnard, erected in 1796 by Lord Suffield, which includes an obelisk with a cherub and urn, as well as a panel with shells at the corners and foliage on the apron. Another tomb is dedicated to Robert Britiffe, who died in 1749, featuring a shouldered and eared panel, a swan pediment with an achievement, and cherubs on the apron. The church also houses a 14th-century octagonal font with attached shafts supporting a bowl that has tracery with mouchettes.
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