Church of St Margaret is a Grade I listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1957. A Early and late C13 Church.
Church of St Margaret
- WRENN ID
- slow-merlon-thrush
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Test Valley
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1957
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Margaret is a parish church that dates from the early and late 13th century, with some 14th century details, a 16th century south aisle, a 19th century vestry, and 20th century minor changes. The walls are made of mixed flint and stone with stone dressings. There is a buttress on the west wall, lancet windows (with a triple window in the east), triple cusped lights within square frames from the 16th century, a 16th century oak-framed window, and two Victorian windows. The roof is tiled, featuring a catslide above the aisle and two dormers to light the former gallery, along with a square western bell turret. The church has an aisleless nave and chancel, a narrow 16th century south aisle of three bays, a south porch, and a north vestry.
Inside, the church contains much medieval plasterwork, including wall paintings with patterns of rosettes in squares, several consecration crosses, a depiction of St Christopher on the north wall, a seated lady, and fragmentary remains of the Martyrdom of St Thomas a Becket. The bell turret is supported by three massive posts, and two similar posts separate the narrow aisle from the nave. The chancel features Jacobean woodwork, including paneling, Jacobean communion rails, and a panelled pulpit with a tester. There is also a piscina, a stoup, a Victorian font, and a wall monument from 1776. The 14th century porch is timber-framed, with an arch braced opening and cusped bargeboards.
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