Church Of St Margaret

The Church of St Margaret is a parish church with a 15th-century west tower and a largely rebuilt structure dating from 1865, designed by either C.E. Giles or B. Ferrey. It is constructed of red sandstone rubble, with the tower partially rendered, and features red sandstone and Ham stone dressings, along with West Somerset slate roofs and coped verges.

The crenellated, two-stage tower has diagonal buttresses, a single louvred bell opening with a hood mould, a string course, a three-light west window, and a Tudor-arched west door. Notably, there is an unusual art nouveau-style two-light bell opening on the south face, the date of which is uncertain. The west aisle has a two-light window; above it is a trefoil light in the gable end. A single-story gabled porch, with quatrefoil windows on its returns, is accessed by a flight of three steps flanked by segmental slabs with boot scrapers. The porch has a pointed arch chamfered in two orders, and an ogee-headed inner doorway with 19th-century double doors. Lancet and paired lancet windows appear on the right side, with a quatrefoil light in the gable end of the aisle. The vestry has paired lancets, the chancel is unlit on its south side, and the east window is a three-light design while the north front has two two-light windows.

Inside, the tower reveals rendered walls and exposed red sandstone rubble. A wooden chancel arch, with a soffit pierced by quatrefoils, and a tower arch that dies into the imposts, slightly off-centre, are present. A pointed arch arcade with chamfered orders and circular piers is also a feature. A reredos at the entrance displays Norman zig-zag moulding, likely reset from an earlier design. The church has scissor truss roofs. A restored Saxon bowl font was placed in the church in 1904. Stained glass is found in the east window, dated 1907. A four-bay screen separating the vestry and aisle incorporates some early panelling, possibly reset from a former rood screen. A brass lectern and a pair of painted wrought iron candelabra are located in the sanctuary. A 17th-century brass depicting John Warthe includes English and Latin inscriptions mounted on a wooden plaque. A reproduction of a 1859 drawing showing the church prior to reconstruction is on display.