Church of St Margaret is a Grade I listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1966. A C12 Church.
Church of St Margaret
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- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1966
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Margaret, Catmore
- OS grid reference
- SU 453 801
- Coordinates
- 51.51858, -1.34721
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. Margaret is a Grade I listed building dating from the 12th century, with restorations from the 17th and 19th centuries. It features rough cast render, stone quoins, and dressings, topped with plain tiled roofs. The church comprises a nave, chancel, south porch, and north vestry.
On the south elevation, there is a stone bellcote on the west gable to the left, and a gabled porch with a round arched opening supported by quarter columns with cushion caps, leading to a 12th-century south doorway that has a round arch, billet mould, and a central beak head. To the right of the nave are two single-light arched windows, restored in the 19th century, and the chancel has one single-light window with a 4-centred arched head beneath a square drip mould.
The north elevation includes a 19th-century gabled vestry to the left of the chancel, two single-light arched windows of 19th-century restoration to the left of the nave, and a blocked 12th-century doorway with chamfered reveals, impost blocks, and a segmental arch to the right of the nave.
Inside, the walls are plastered, and the nave has a 5-bay structure with a roof from 1607 featuring moulded arch braces, carved pendants at the feet, and curved wind braces to the purlins. The chancel arch, restored in the 19th century, is a round arch on quarter columns with fluted caps, leading up to the chancel which has a single bay and a 19th-century timber panelled ceiling. The east window is a 19th-century 2-light arched design with roll moulding and half and central columns with fluted caps. There is a door to the vestry on the north wall.
Notable fittings include a simple carved timber pulpit and a re-set circular font located opposite the south door, which has a worn carved edge and possibly features beak-head ornamentation.
Local climate
Church of St Margaret sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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