Church of St Margaret is a Grade I listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Margaret
- WRENN ID
- salt-ember-river
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Margaret, Church Lane, Whatfield
- OS grid reference
- TM 024 466
- Coordinates
- 52.08099, 0.95383
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Margaret is a small church dating from the 13th to 14th century, now faced in stucco. It features a plain west tower topped with a later pyramid tiled roof, while the roofs of the nave and chancel are also tiled. The south porch is made of red brick from the 16th century and has a stopped gable on the front. Inside, the church boasts a fine king post roof with brackets, moulded shafts, and capitals. There are several pews from the 16th to 17th centuries on the north side, including one dated 1589. The communion rail and west gallery, which have turned balusters, likely date from the early 18th century. The pulpit with tester is from the 16th to 17th century. The church is valued for its historical and architectural significance.
Local climate
Church of St Margaret sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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