Church Of St Margaret

TG 13 SE ERPINGHAM THE STREET

5/37 Church of St.Margaret 4:10:60

• II*

Parish church. Medieval and later. Flint with grey and red brick dressings. Roofs of slate and pantile. West tower,nave, chancel. Unbuttressed tower of 3 stages. Iron tie to north face,repairs in grey brick below. South window a lancet; slit opening to west face of ringing chamber; 2 centred brick arched bell-opening under stone hood mould; plain parapet. 3 bay buttressed nave with diagonal buttresses; one north buttress repaired with brick. Doorways to first bay to north and south under hood moulds. 2 3- light panel tracery windows to north and south. Slate roof. Buttressed chancel of 2 bays with diagonal buttresses; to south a priest's door and one 2-light window with re-used pieces of tracery. To north a lancet and one Y-tracery window. East window early C19 rendered tracery. Slate roof. Interior. Arch-braced roof with plain ashlaring with heads on stone corbels. Brick tower arch partly obscured by render of 1985, but having 6 orders with chamfering, one hollow between. Doorway to rood stair with niche beside. Chancel arch hacked. 2 rectangular niches to left of altar, piscina and sidilia to right. C17 pulpit. Poppy-head bench ends. Octagonal font with 4 lion heads supporting the bowl.

Listing NGR: TG1813731756