Church Of St Margaret

The Church of St. Margaret is a parish church located on Lenham Road, dating from the 12th, 14th, and 15th centuries, and was restored between 1882 and 1883 by Clarke. The nave is constructed of flint, with the north wall incorporating some pieces of tufa. The chancel is made of flint rubble, with small amounts of thin red brick or tile mixed in, and features a plain tiled roof. The spire of the tower is covered with wood shingles. The church consists of a nave, chancel, and a north tower at the west end of the chancel.

The nave has no plinth and is gabled, supported by diagonal buttresses. It includes a 14th-century west window and a restored 14th-century south window, while the north wall contains one 14th-century window. There is a 19th-century chimney stack towards the east end and a 19th-century timber-framed south porch built on a stone-dressed flint plinth. A small blocked 12th-century north doorway features three orders, with a roll on the central order and three scalloped capitals on each side, including a ringed base on the central capital.

The chancel has a lower roof than the nave but is aligned with it. It has a stone-coped flint plinth at the east end and two 15th-century south windows, along with a 19th-century east window designed in a 15th-century style. The west tower has two stages on a short plinth and is topped with a shingled broach spire, featuring four small hipped lucarnes with scalloped louvres. The tower has 19th-century lancet-type windows, except for the north window of the lower stage, which incorporates a possibly reused medieval trefoiled head. The interior has not been inspected, but J. Newman notes a 14th-century chancel arch and a rare late 12th-century lead font with repeating leaf decoration.