Church of St Margaret
CHURCH OF ST MARGARET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1180128
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jan-1956
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Margaret
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARGARET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1180128
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jan-1956
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Margaret
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MARGARET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARGARET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Wellington Without
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 09863 21094
Details
ST02SE WELLINGTON WITHOUT CP THORNE ST MARGARET VILLAGE
3/177 Church of St Margaret (formerly listed in Thorne St Margaret CP) 25.1.56
GV II*
Parish church. C15 tower, rest of church rebuilt 1865 by C E Giles, or B Ferrey. Red sandstone random rubble, tower partially rendered, red sandstone and Ham stone dressings, West Somerset slate roofs, coped verges. West tower, 3-bay nave, 3-bay south aisle, south porch, 2-bay chancel with south-west vestry and organ bay. Crenellated 2-stage tower, diagonal buttresses, single light louvred bell opening under hood mould, string course, 3-light west window, double roll moulded Tudor arch head west door; very unusual art nouveau-style 2-light bell opening on south face, date uncertain; 2-light west window in aisle, trefoil light above in gable end, single storey gabled porch, quatrefoil lights on returns, approached by flight of 3 steps flanked by segmental slabs containing boot scrapers, pointed arch chamfered in 2 orders, ogee-headed inner doorway, C19 double doors; lancet and paired lancet windows right, quatrefoil light in gable end of aisle, paired lancets to vestry, chancel unlit south side, 3-light east window, 2 lancets north front; two 2-light windows north front of aisle. Interior: rendered, exposed red sandstone rubble in tower. Wooden chancel arch, soffit pierced by quatrefoils, tower arch dying into imposts, slightly off-centre. Pointed arch arcade, chamfered in 2 orders, circular piers. Norman zig-zag moulding on reredos of entrance, probably reset. Scissor truss roofs. Saxon bowl font, restored and placed in church 1904. Stained glass in east window dated 1907. Four bay screen between vestry and aisle containing some early panelling, possibly reset from earlier rood screen. Brass lectern. Pair of painted wrought iron candelabra in sanctuary. John Warthe brass, C17 with English and Latin inscriptions set in wooden plaque. A reproduction of a drawing of the church in 1859 is on display, showing the building prior to reconstruction. (Pevsner, Buildings of England, South and West Somerset, 1958; Kelly's Directory, 1914).
Listing NGR: ST0986321094
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 271133
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: South and West Somerset, (1958)
Kelly's Directory in Kelly's Directory, (1914)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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