Church of St Margaret is a Grade I listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 March 1961. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Margaret
- WRENN ID
- iron-obsidian-sepia
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 March 1961
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Margaret, Upper Somerton
- OS grid reference
- TL 810 530
- Coordinates
- 52.14575, 0.64516
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Margaret is a small 13th-century flint church located in Upper Somerton. It features a blocked Norman north doorway that has one order of shafts with scalloped heads. The west tower is supported by diagonal buttresses and has a castellated parapet adorned with flint and stone chequer work. The chancel and chancel chapel date from the early 14th century. The east window is in the Perpendicular style and includes early 14th-century shafting on the inside, along with a shafted squint. Inside, there is a fine octagonal Jacobean pulpit with ornamented panels and a Jacobean or early Stuart communion rail. The 15th-century octagonal font is intricately carved with rose and shield designs. The church is recognized for its architectural and historical significance.
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 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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