Church of St Margaret, Wicken Bonhunt (EHER 36849)

13th century chancel with restored lancet windows in the north and south walls and also in the east gable. The rest of the church, (nave and west tower) was almost completely rebuilt in 1858-59 in 14th century style, with flint and pebble rubble and tiled roofs. The west tower has a pyramid tiled roof. 12th century font.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: St Margaret's Church (C of E) (Nat). <1> Church of St Margaret's Church II*. 13th century chancel; the rest of the church was almost completely rebuilt in 1858-9 in the 14th century style. <2> <3> Additional bibliography: <4> <5> 2001. Building survey The easternmost 5-6m of the north wall is said to be still built of flint, i.e. surviving medieval fabric. Most of the walls are rendered with just a few flints exposed at the base-these seem to represent a trench built foundation, which was exposed when the sub-floor voids were created. The flintwork at the base of the south wall differs slightly and may represent a later rebuild at some time in the Middle Ages. Much of what is seen dates from the Victorian rebuild. <6> 2011. Watching brief. Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit monitored the contractors’ excavation of the footprint of a kitchen/toilet extension to the north-west corner of St Margaret’s Church, Wicken Bonhunt, and an associated drainage trench running across its churchyard. The chancel was built in the 13th century and is all that survives of the medieval church, the nave and tower being rebuilt in the mid 19th century. Eleven inhumations were found within in the kitchen/toilet extension footprint and two more in the drainage trench. All interments were aligned north-east to south-west, parallel to the church and buried at a relatively shallow depth, ranging from 0.25 to 0.8m below the present ground surface. Generally, there were no associated artefacts but the location and position of the skeletons suggests they were of medieval and/or post-medieval date. <7>