Church of St. Margaret of Antioch

The Church of St. Margaret of Antioch is a parish church dating back to the 8th century, with significant additions and alterations in the 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries. It was restored in 1913 by W.D. Caröe. The church comprises a chancel and nave with aisles, a south-west tower, and a south porch. It is constructed of flint rubble stone and re-used Roman tiles, with a plain tiled roof.

The two-stage south-west tower has a shingled broach spire and a restored lancet window. It is built into the Saxon nave, which retains an original window visible in the tower wall. The west windows are restored two-light curvilinear designs. A pebble-dashed south porch was added by Caröe. Heavily restored Perpendicular windows are found in the south aisle. The chancel is inset, featuring three offset buttresses, remains of a small round-headed window outlined in tiles, and sloping tile courses along the base of the walls. Three restored Perpendicular two-light windows illuminate the chancel. The north chancel wall includes a restored lancet, a 20th-century vestry, and Saxon tilework. The north aisle has 20th-century buttresses, and 15th/16th-century champed round-headed lancet windows.

Internally, the nave is Saxon. A two-bay late 12th-century arcade separates the nave from the aisles, featuring large square piers with chamfered imposts and plain pointed arches, with earlier, unmoulded arches to the south. The nave and aisles share a single roof, which includes trussed rafters and a lean-to aisle roof, as well as an 18th-century crown post sub-roof in the north aisle. The chamfered chancel arch rests on imposts, mirroring the south arcade. The chancel features a three-bay blind arcading on the north and south walls, with attached marble shafts and moulded caps and bases. A three-bay 15th-century crown post roof tops the chancel.

Notable fittings include a mutilated piscina and aumbrey in the chancel. An early 17th-century hexagonal pulpit with a tester is also present, alongside heavily decorated wrought iron fittings for a chandelier, which was stolen. The font, crafted from lead around 1190, boasts a bowl with an arcade of ten beaded and foliated arches, featuring repeated king and angel figures beneath alternate arches. It was temporarily removed for exhibition and is currently covered by a square 17th-century cover with a 16th-century ogee cap. Remnant wall paintings from the 14th century depict St. Margaret, St. Andrew, and the Coronation of the Virgin. Late medieval graffiti can be found in the south aisles, and some floor tiles are visible at the east end. A Royal Coat of Arms of George III adorns the chancel arch.