Church of St Margaret is a Grade I listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1961. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Margaret
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-cornice-claret
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1961
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Margaret, the Street, Stradishall
- OS grid reference
- TL 747 525
- Coordinates
- 52.14378, 0.55285
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Margaret is a primarily 14th century building constructed from random flint and rubble, featuring stone dressings. The clerestorey and tie-beam roof date from the 15th century, as does the south porch. The square tower, built around 1300, has a castellated parapet, stone quoins, and angle buttresses. The south aisle also features a castellated parapet. The south porch is made of rough hewn timber with arched braces. The chancel roof is from the 20th century and is tiled. Only the lower part of the chancel screen remains, but several traceried panels from it have been incorporated into the Rectory, now known as Bridge House. There are some 15th century poppy bead bench ends, and the early 15th century octagonal font has carved panels. On the north wall, there are remnants of a medieval painting of St Christopher. The Church of St Margaret, Bridge House, and No 1 form a group.
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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