Church of St Margaret is a Grade I listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1951. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Margaret
- WRENN ID
- tenth-gallery-woodpecker
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 June 1951
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Margaret, Northam
- OS grid reference
- SS 448 290
- Coordinates
- 51.04025, -4.2141
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Margaret is primarily a 15th-century building, although the lower part of the tower is older. It underwent extensive restoration between 1849 and 1865. The church is situated in a prominent location with views overlooking the sea. A notable feature is the discovery of a 14th-century "Kyrie" within the church. It serves as a parish church.
Local climate
Church of St Margaret receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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