Church Of St Margaret

1. 5410 SU 18 NE 8/455 26.1.55

STRATTON ST MARGARET CHURCH STREET Church of St Margaret

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2. C13. Four bay aisled nave with concealed clerestory and with low 2 stage C19 west tower. Three bay chancel with vestries on north side. Rubble with stone tile roof. Several early C14 cusped headed 2 light windows, some copies. Plain round headed doorway to north with impost bands, looks C12 but is probably C17. Projecting gabled south porch with small stair to west and waggon roof with ridge rib. C13 interior. Round piers with wide moulded imposts carved with dog-tooth, pointed double chamfer arcades. Two light clerestory windows, 2 to south, 3 to north. Three light reticulated east window. Trefoil rere-arches on north side, depressed pointed rere-arches to south. South aisle chapel has trefoil piscina and trefoil headed squint (probably C19 restoration). Two cusped ogee headed tomb niches on north side with palm trees forming crockets and flanking crocketted pinnacles (wall thickened to outside). False hammerbeam chancel roof. Moulded and panelled'nave roof. C17 memorial to south-west to Katharine Hedges died 1649: marble with swagged aides and segment moulded cap, carved cartouche over; baroque style. Two hatchments. The graveyard is well stocked to south, note especially numerous C18 headstones with relief carvings and a number of chest tombs.

Listing NGR: SU1795687095