Church Of St Margaret

The Church of St. Margaret is an Anglican parish church dating back to the 13th century. It has undergone significant changes over time, including a rebuilding of the west tower in the 1780s, the addition of a north aisle in 1553, and a restoration in 1928.

The church is constructed of squared and coursed rubble to the nave, chancel, and south porch, with random rubble to the tower. Ashlar dressings are found on the tower parapet, along with stone quoins, copings, a lead roof to the nave, and slate to the chancel. The south wall of the nave features two three-cusped light Perpendicular windows with flat hoodmoulds. The chancel south wall has a two-light Perpendicular window, a pointed arched doorway with a 20th-century plank door, and a three ogee-headed-light Perpendicular window. A coat of arms of Simon Seward, who served as Rector from 1514 to 1559, is positioned above the doorway. The east window is pointed arched and Perpendicular in style, accompanied by an early 17th-century wall monument with a pulvinated frieze.

The west tower is of two stages and includes diagonal buttresses, a polygonal north-east corner embattled stair turret, and a pierced quatrefoil parapet with crocketted pinnacles. The west facade is characterized by a complexly moulded pointed arched doorway, a 20th-century plank door, and a three-light chamfered mullioned window. Moulded stringcourses are present on the first and second stages of the tower, along with two chamfered light bell openings with dense quatrefoil piercing under hoodmoulds. The north aisle has six three-cusped light Perpendicular windows with quatrefoils above, each set under a flat hoodmould.

A gabled south porch features 18th-century plank gates, stone benches, a richly molded 13th-century pointed headed doorway with face stops, and a pointed headed water stoup.

Inside, the nave presents an unusual four-bay arcade from 1553 leading to the north aisle, featuring hollow chamfered arches, necked capitals, and piers constructed of clustered shafts, quadrangular on plan. A triple chamfered tower arch features an embattled wooden wall plate and a 15th-century waggon roof with carved bosses. The chancel arch is hollow chamfered and possesses dying imposts, with a combined trefoil headed aumbry and piscina on the south wall of the chancel, beneath an open rafter roof dating to the 19th century. The north aisle has a stone bench along the north wall and a coved plank roof supported by molded transverse beams.

The church includes a Norman font with a waterleaf base, a nebule frieze, and a cushion capital bowl. There are also 15th-century benches with traceried ends, a 1638 pulpit and tester, and an early 20th-century stained glass memorial east window. Further stained glass is located in the north aisle east window. Stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops are also present.