Description

SK 17 SW PARISH OF WORMHILL
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21.04.1967 CHURCH OF ST MARGARET
II*

Church. Rebuilding and enlargement in 1864 of C13 chapel by T H Rushforth with
transepts added in 1904-10. Coursed rubble limestone with gritstone dressings
and some tufa to tower. Coped gables to slate roofs laid to diminishing courses.
West tower, south porch, nave, chancel with north and south transepts and sanctuary.
Square, unbuttressed tower partially C13, has single light openings with
trefoils beneath flat hoods to first, third and fourth stages. Tower west wall has
C13 pointed arched window with trefoil head Tower with 'helm' roof in the manner
of Sompting in Sussex with decorative banded slating. South porch doorway with
pointed arch, coped gable and slated roof. Three-bay nave with buttressed east
end, and 2-light openings with trefoil heads beneath depressed arches. Transepts
are single bay with trefoil headed lancets, and 2-light gable windows with dec
style tracery beneath hoodmoulds with carved tops. East window of 3-lights, also
dec style, with hoodmould and carved stops. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SK1245574182

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Margaret's Church, Wormhill at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17546214

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Recommended Books

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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)