Church Of St Margaret

The Church of St. Margaret is a parish church with medieval origins, and a chancel dating to 1712. It is constructed of flint with brick and stone dressings, and has a slate roof. The church comprises a west tower, a nave, an 18th-century chancel, a south aisle, and a south porch.

The embattled west tower is of four stages. The lower stage is round, while the upper stages are octagonal. It features a heavily restored west window of two lights with panel tracery, showing post-medieval brick repairs above and below. Medieval brick quoins are visible on the second and third stages, with stone dressings to a slit light and brick voussoirs. Single light openings are set within brick reveals on each face of the third stage. The fourth stage has large, louvred openings to the north, south, east, and west, with flushwork to the intermediate faces. Diagonal buttresses are present on the south aisle, with a post-medieval brick buttress on a medieval base. Restored two-light windows with panel tracery are found on the aisle, along with an east window of three lights, also heavily restored and similar to the west window. A north nave doorway has a continuous chamfer, with a restored three-light window. A smaller light is set into the wall of the second bay, providing access to a rood stair.

The brick chancel has pilasters with moulded capitals and stone-dressed windows. The buttressed porch is situated within the first aisle bay and features a single cusped light with a square hood mould to the east and west. The archway has polygonal shafts, a hollow chamfer to the arch, a continuous outer order with a hollow chamfer, and a hood mould with restored figure stops. A rere-arch of two orders is also present, with hollow chamfered details. A niche is located to the right of the archway. The nave doorway has two continuous orders with a hollow chamfer to the arch and a hood mould with figure stops. A stoup stands to the right.

Inside, a stoup is positioned beside the south door, and a four-bay nave arcade exhibits polygonal shafts on large bases, with two orders to each arch. A piscina is found within the aisle, along with a rood stair. The tower arch and chancel arch are likely 19th-century additions. The church features 19th-century roofs and fittings, along with royal arms dated 1789, numerous hatchments, and an octagonal font with four lions at the base, alternate lions and shields to the bowl.