Nominal: 835.5 Hz Weight: 952 lbs Diameter: 36" Bell 1 of 5
Founded by Thomas Gardiner 1746
Dove Bell ID: 6541 Tower ID: 14362 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Suffield: St Margaret
Overview
Grid reference: TG 233 312
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Church open regularly Grade I listed building Visitor parking nearby Rood Screen Art/Wall Paintings/Frescos Concerts/Live Music
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 393 m²
Exterior Description
Medieval. Flint with stone and brick dressings. Slate and lead roofs. West tower, nave, north and south aisles, chancel, south porch. 4-stage tower with diagonal buttresses. Chequered flushwork base. West doorway with rolls and a fillet in the hollow; shields in the spandrels; hood mould. 3-light panel traceried west window; square ringing chamber openings with tracery; 2-light Perpendicular bell-openings. Stair turret to south east corner with quatrefoil lights. 4-bay nave. Buttresses to aisles with brick repairs to 2 south buttresses and one north. 3 3-light Perpendicular windows restored in C19 to south, rood stair to south east angle between aisle and chancel; to north 2 Perpendicular 3-light panel traceried windows under 4-centred arches. One cusped reticulated C14 window of 3 lights. East and west aisle windows of 2 cusped lights with quatrefoil over, under segmental arches; 8 clerestorey windows to north and south of 2-lights restored in C19; alternate brick and flint voussoirs. Chancel with diagonal buttresses. 2 Y-tracery windows of c1300 to south; priest's door with undercut moulding to hood mould; 1 lancet. To north 2 Y-tracery windows; east window C19 with 4 lights. Sill band. Memorial tablet of 1723 having achievement to top, skull to apron. Buttressed porch with single cusped light to east and west; doorway with polygonal shaft and abaci; cusped niche over. Nave doorway has continuous chamfer moulding, hood mould with figure stops. Door with Perpendicular blind tracery. In porch a notification of Parish Food Organiser in the event of invasion.
As listed on Historic England website
Interior
Interior Description
Octagonal piers and abaci to the 4 bay arcade; those to south later and restored; 2 chamfered orders to arch. Arch-braced roofs of 1868 restoration to nave and chancel; C16 arch-braced aisle roofs with tracery in the spandrels. Stoop with ogee arch beside north door. Rood stair. Tower arch has attached shafts and polygonal abaci. Outer continuous order of moulding (q.v. Hanworth). Chancel arch. Continuous chamfered archway, chamfered arch on corbels. Remains of aumbrey. Late C13 Piscina with Purbeck marble shaft and trefoil above. Rere-arch to lancet shafted. Remains of painted rood screen of C15 with dragons, beasts in the spandrels. Re-used poppy-head bench ends in chancel - rest of restoration of 1868. Octagonal font, the bowl supported by angels with instruments of the Passion. Tomb of 1584 in south aisle.
As listed on Historic England website
Bells
Nominal: 1248 Hz Weight: 392 lbs Diameter: 26" Bell 2 of 5
Founded by Thomas Gardiner 1746
Dove Bell ID: 41426 Tower ID: 14362 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1130 Hz Weight: 504 lbs Diameter: 28" Bell 3 of 5
Founded by John II Brend 1636
Dove Bell ID: 41427 Tower ID: 14362 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1048 Hz Weight: 616 lbs Diameter: 29.5" Bell 4 of 5
Founded by Thomas Gardiner 1746
Dove Bell ID: 41428 Tower ID: 14362 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 958 Hz Weight: 784 lbs Diameter: 33.5" Bell 5 of 5
Founded by John II Brend 1635
Dove Bell ID: 41429 Tower ID: 14362 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: TG 233 312
Burial and War Grave Information
The church/building is consecrated.
The churchyard has been used for burial.
The churchyard is used for burial.
The churchyard has war graves.
Churchyard Structures
War Memorial
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | No |
| Solar Thermal Panels | No |
| Biomass | No |
| Wind Turbine | No |
| Air Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ev Charging | No |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
'Seek advice' Species
More information on species and action to be taken upon discovery.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
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