Church of St Margaret is a Grade II* listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Margaret
- WRENN ID
- second-iron-magpie
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Margaret, Church Road, Kirstead
- OS grid reference
- TM 296 984
- Coordinates
- 52.53587, 1.38437
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. Margaret is a parish church located on Church Road in Kirstead. It dates back to around 1200, with significant rebuilding completed in 1864 by H. Hayward. The church is constructed of flint with stone dressings and features a tiled roof. The 19th-century west tower is embattled, while the nave, which is medieval, includes a south doorway that has a restored inner arch supported by imposts. This doorway features one order of colonnettes, although the bases are not visible, and one capital adorned with a water leaf motif. The nave windows were added in the 19th century, and the chancel, which includes an apse, was also completed in 1864. Inside, the furnishings and roof are from the same 1864 restoration.
Local climate
Church of St Margaret sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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