Church Of St Margaret

The Church of St Margaret is an Anglican church, likely built in 1748 by John Strachan or William Halfpenny. It is constructed of ashlar with moulded cornices, parapets with copings, lead roofs (the chancel roof being domical), and coped verges. The architectural style is Baroque.

The west tower has a three-stage porch, with the upper stage featuring an octagonal lantern with a stone cupola and a pineapple finial at the apex. Stone urns adorn each angle where the square tower meets the lantern. The tower has semi-circular head bell openings with emphasised keys and impost bands. The west door features a semi-circular head with emphasised keys and imposts, alongside paired outer dog gates with wrought-iron spear capping. The nave has three bays and semi-circular head windows within architraves, also with imposts and keys, containing square-paned leaded lights. The chancel is apsidal and blank.

The interior is largely original. The porch is benched on a flagstone floor and has a vaulted ceiling with panelled inner doors and a panelled transomlight. The main body has plastered walls on flagstone floors, with walls scribed to resemble ashlar and a coved plaster ceiling with an enriched dentil cornice and two ornamental bands. The chancel arch has a panelled intrados, and the chancel features an acanthus cornice and a ceiling with three panels. A Rococo-style reredos, attributed to Thomas Stocking of Bristol, is a key feature, featuring cherubs' faces supported by a stem of sacramental vine and wheat rising from an ornate base, taking the shape of a monstrance. Tables of The Law are set within enriched surrounds. Turned and twisted balusters define the altar rails. Panelled box pews line the central aisle, and an elevated pulpit is panelled to the rear with a carved urn. Plastered Hanoverian Royal Arms are in relief at the west end. A small stone font with a bowl atop a baluster pedestal is also present, along with a 17th-century chair and a piece of high-quality medieval carving, likely of continental origin. A small, late 19th-century organ is also within the church. Most of the plasterwork has 20th-century gilding and painting. The church's design closely resembles Redland Chapel in Bristol, originally thought to be by John Strachan, but now known to be the work of William Halfpenny.