Church of St Margaret
CHURCH OF ST MARGARET, MAIN STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1252132
- Date first listed:
- 14-Sept-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Margaret
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARGARET, MAIN STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1252132
- Date first listed:
- 14-Sept-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Margaret
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MARGARET, MAIN STREET
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, MAIN STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lincolnshire
- District:
- East Lindsey (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Langton
- National Grid Reference:
- TF2372368993
Details
TF 26 NW
3/121
14.9.66
LANGTON
MAIN STREET
(north side)
Church of St. Margaret
II
Parish church. Mid C13, C15, 1750, heavily restored and partly
rebuilt by W. Scorer in 1890-1. Green sandstone rubble blocks,
limestone ashlar dressings, some red brick. Plain tile roofs
with overhanging eaves and bell supported by timber frame in
west gable. Nave and chancel in one. West front with pointed,
ashlar dressed doorway with moulded jambs, hood mould and plank
door. North side of nave with outline of 2 blocked, pointed bays
of C13 north arcade. Tiny lancet in east gable of nave. North
side of chancel, plain. East end with pointed C19 window with 3
cusped, ogee headed lights and tracery. South side with 2
pointed C19 windows, each with 2 cusped, ogee headed lights and
mouchette. Interior 2 bay north arcade of c1250 partially
exposed, with double chamfered, pointed heads. Polygonal pier
with polygonal moulded capital and similar respond capitals, the
lower sections of which are covered by painted panelled dado that
runs round entire nave. C13 chancel arch with pointed, double
chamfered head that dies into rectangular jambs. South wall of
chancel with pointed, chamfered piscina. C16 chair with barley
sugar columns flanking tall back and panel carved with figure of
St. Margaret. Richly carved pulpit, chest and lectern by J.
Conway Walter, Rector, in 1891, in late C16 style. Font
consisting of several medieval fragments; the base, a keystone
of a late C12 rib vault from Kirkstead Abbey; the bowl, of
Barnack stone with bulbous corners, discovered in St. Lawrence
Street, Horncastle. Terracotta chrismatory set in pointed
chamfered opening for stoup in west wall, of medieval Moorish
origins, and discovered in Moat of Poolham Hall. C19 Baptismal
shell with roundels containing scenes from the Life of Christ,
brought back from Bethlehem in 1860. Fragmentary, free standing
stoup on south window ledge of nave with roll mouldings on 3
corners. 2 large, weathered tomb stones re-set on either side of
west doorway.
Listing NGR: TF2372368993
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 435068
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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