Church Of St Margaret

TM 47 NE REYDON WANGFORD ROAD

4/33 Church of St. Margaret - 27/11/54 - II*

Parish church. Medieval, much restored 1876-88. Nave, chancel, west tower, south porch. Random flint and stone rubble, stone dressings; slated roofs. C14 square tower with 3-stage diagonal buttresses to the west face and projecting stair turret to south; 2-light Perpendicular west window, 2-light bell chamber openings, the south one altered; crenellated parapet with flushwork panels. 3-bay nave, 2-bay chancel, both of C15; square-headed and segmental-headed windows, mostly renewed C19. 3-light C19 east window in Perpendicular style. Interior Mid-late C19 scissor-braced rafter roofs to nave and chancel. Trefoil-headed piscina in south nave; ogee-arched piscina in south sanctuary. 5 of the 6 nave windows have statue niches in their east splays, the centre one on the north side with a cusped arch with traces of colour. The east splays of the chancel windows have more ornate niches, the south east window with 2 niches one above the other: the lower one has a cusped and crocketed arch with tracery in the spandrels, the upper one a shallow ogee arch and enriched with fleurons. Mid-late C19 furnishings. Arms of Anne (dated 1713) over south doorway.

Listing NGR: TM4909478189