Church Of St Margaret

The Church of St Margaret is a Grade II* listed building located in Hinton Waldrist. It dates from the mid-13th century and was remodeled in the late 13th century, during which a south transept was added, with further alterations made around 1880. The church is constructed of random limestone rubble and features a stone slate roof and a stone stack. It has a cruciform layout with a west tower.

The east window, designed in the late 19th-century reticulated style, is a three-light window. The north wall of the chancel displays a mid-13th century roll-moulded pointed arch, flanked by late 19th-century one-light and two-light windows in a style reminiscent of the 13th century. The south wall of the chancel contains late 13th-century one-and two-light windows. The south transept features late 13th-century two- and three-light windows, along with a 15th-century label mould over two late 19th-century lancets in the west wall. The north transept also has late 13th-century two- and three-light windows.

The north wall of the nave was rebuilt in the late 19th century and includes a central lateral stack flanked by two-light windows in the style of the 13th century. The south wall of the nave has two late 13th-century two-light windows beside a late 19th-century porch, with a 13th-century pointed chamfered arch leading to the south door, which is adjacent to a stoup. The three-storey west tower features angle buttresses, late 13th-century two-light windows, and a mid-13th century lancet in the west wall, topped with a crenellated parapet adorned with face masks. The nave and chancel are covered by gabled roofs.

Inside, the east window contains reset stained glass from the late 19th century, inserted in 1984 in memory of Airey Neave MP, while other stained glass is also from the late 19th century. The church has wall tablets commemorating the Loder family, including one for John Loder, who died in 1701, surrounded by cherub heads and floral decorations. The roof features a four-bay arch-braced collar truss, likely from the late 19th century, with double-chamfered chancel and transeptal arches. The south transept includes a piscina and a late 19th-century four-bay arched-braced collar-truss roof. The nave contains a late 19th-century font and pulpit, along with a six-bay arch-braced collar-truss roof and a moulded pointed arch doorway leading to the west tower, which has a mid-13th century lancet above it.