The Parish Church of St Margaret is a Grade I listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1958. A Medieval Church.
The Parish Church of St Margaret
- WRENN ID
- sombre-rampart-solstice
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1958
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- The Parish Church of St Margaret, Eartham Lane, Chichester
- OS grid reference
- SU 938 093
- Coordinates
- 50.87611, -0.66731
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St Margaret is a small church located on Eartham Lane. It features a chancel, a nave with a south aisle, a west bell-turret covered in shingles topped with a broached spire, and a west porch. The building is constructed of flint and has a tiled roof. This medieval church underwent significant restoration in 1869, during which the aisle was added. Notable architectural elements include a Norman chancel arch, with the inner part supported by demi-shafts and volute capitals that are intricately carved with a face and a rabbit. There is also a two-bay early 13th-century arcade. Inside, there is a monument to Thomas Hayley created by the sculptor Flaxman.
Local climate
The Parish Church of St Margaret receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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