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Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Blackfordby

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Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Blackfordby
Map
DenominationChurch of England
History
DedicationSt Margaret of Antioch
Administration
DioceseLeicester
ArchdeaconryLoughborough[1]
ParishBlackfordby, Leicestershire

The Church of St Margaret of Antioch is a church in Blackfordby, Leicestershire.[2] It is a Grade II listed building.[3]

History

Exterior

The church is built in the Decorated style. The tower has 3 stages with a broach spire,[4] lucarnes and diagonal buttresses. The south doorway has foliage capitals. The nave has 2 single-light windows and 2 2-light windows. The chancel has a trefoil-headed south doorway, diagonal buttresses, 2 2-light south windows, 3-light East window with intersecting tracery. The vestry has 2 cusped east windows.[5]

Interior

The nave has a 5-bay hammerbeam roof. The chancel's canted boarded ceiling is painted blue. The chancel' north arcade has an octagonal central pier and double-chamfered arches.[5]

The font is made of Chellaston marble. There is a tablet to Edward Newcomen (died 1722) and his wife. The chancel has a fragment of medieval stained glass believed to depict St Margaret of Antioch.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Diocese of Leicester | Find a Church". www.leicester.anglican.org. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Genuki: Blackfordby, Leicestershire". www.genuki.org.uk. Archived from the original on 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Parish Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Blackfordby, Leicestershire". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  4. ^ "About Blackfordby | Blackfordby Open Gardens". blackfordbyopengardens.org.uk. Archived from the original on 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  5. ^ a b c "PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARGARET OF ANTIOCH, Ashby-de-la-Zouch - 1073641 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Archived from the original on 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.

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