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Church of St Margaret

A Grade II* Listed Building in Reydon, Suffolk

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.3451 / 52°20'42"N

Longitude: 1.6557 / 1°39'20"E

OS Eastings: 649094

OS Northings: 278189

OS Grid: TM490781

Mapcode National: GBR YWH.ZB0

Mapcode Global: VHM75.NB51

Plus Code: 9F438MW4+37

Entry Name: Church of St Margaret

Listing Date: 27 November 1954

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1032142

English Heritage Legacy ID: 281898

Also known as: St Margaret, Reydon

ID on this website: 101032142

Location: St Margaret's Church, Reydon Smear, East Suffolk, IP18

County: Suffolk

District: East Suffolk

Civil Parish: Reydon

Traditional County: Suffolk

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk

Church of England Parish: Reydon St Margaret

Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich

Tagged with: Church building

Description


TM 47 NE REYDON WANGFORD ROAD

4/33 Church of St. Margaret - 27/11/54 - II*

Parish church. Medieval, much restored 1876-88. Nave, chancel, west tower, south porch. Random flint and stone rubble, stone dressings; slated roofs. C14 square tower with 3-stage diagonal buttresses to the west face and projecting stair turret to south; 2-light Perpendicular west window, 2-light bell chamber openings, the south one altered; crenellated parapet with flushwork panels. 3-bay nave, 2-bay chancel, both of C15; square-headed and segmental-headed windows, mostly renewed C19. 3-light C19 east window in Perpendicular style. Interior Mid-late C19 scissor-braced rafter roofs to nave and chancel. Trefoil-headed piscina in south nave; ogee-arched piscina in south sanctuary. 5 of the 6 nave windows have statue niches in their east splays, the centre one on the north side with a cusped arch with traces of colour. The east splays of the chancel windows have more ornate niches, the south east window with 2 niches one above the other: the lower one has a cusped and crocketed arch with tracery in the spandrels, the upper one a shallow ogee arch and enriched with fleurons. Mid-late C19 furnishings. Arms of Anne (dated 1713) over south doorway.

Listing NGR: TM4909478189

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