Church of St Margaret is a Grade II listed building in the Lambeth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 March 1981. Church. 3 related planning applications.
Church of St Margaret
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-cinder-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lambeth
- Constituency
- Streatham and Croydon North MP: Steve Reed (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 March 1981
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Margaret, Barcombe Avenue Sw2, SW2 3BH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 307 727
- Coordinates
- 51.43848, -0.11964
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Margaret is a tall church built of red brick with stone dressings. It features an octagonal west turret with spirelets, low pent aisles, and gabled porches at both the north and south ends. There is a low, canted baptistery projection at the west. The church has tall, gabled transepts and a chancel that includes a short gabled Lady Chapel to the south and an organ chamber to the north. The high-pitched tiled roofs are topped with a bell-turret at the crossing.
Inside, the austere interior consists of a five-bay nave supported by piers made of new red sandstone. The timber roof features ogee curved braces. An ornate pulpit with a sounding board is present, along with a marble-lined sanctuary that has a mosaic floor. The wood reredos, dated 1909 and possibly Flemish, includes panels depicting the crucifixion, Christ in Majesty, saints, and bishops.
Local climate
Church of St Margaret sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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