Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Stanford le Hope (EHER 8483)

Parish Church of St Margaret stands in the middle of the village. It is mainly 14th century but with extensive 12th and 13th century remains, and later alterations.

Church is mainly 14th century but with extensive 12th and 13th century remains, and later alterations. Ragstone rubble with some flint and limestone dressings. Tiled roofs. Nave is c1180. 12th century window remains in north wall. North arcade and one bay of south arcade are 13th century. 14th century windows mostly, but some 15th century windows in north wall, and 15th century windows in south chapel and south aisle. Modern east window. Some 14th century roofing in south aisle. South porch is 16th century. <1> <2> <3> See <4> for 4 slides dating from May 2003. Information from EHER 8484: Various monuments of 16th to 18th century date, including an unusual barrel tomb of 1765 (20ft south of west door). The font cover is 17th or 18th century. The plate includes a cup of 1709 on baluster stem added 1710, and a paten probably of the same date. The north tower was rebuilt in 1883 and is designed on the same pattern as that of Prittlewell Church. The west front is also 19th century. The east window is modern. <1> <2> <3> Conservation report for the Purbeck Font at St. Margarets Church. <5> 1995. Excavation. Preliminary excavations in advance of plans for a new baptistery. Evidence of the reduction of floor levels but pre-19th century graves found. <6> Information from EHER 35177. The church was listed at Grade I in 1960. There is an inscription on the tower. NRHE data import: Parish Church of St Margaret stands in the middle of the village. The walls are of ragstone-rubble with some flint; the dressings are of limestone; the Nave, with N and S aisles, was built c.1180, and shortly after a N tower was added. In the 13th century most of the N arcade was rebuilt. In the 14th century the Chancel and North and South Aisles were rebuilt, the S arcade rebuilt except the E bay, and the clearstorey and a S chapel added. In the 15th century the South Chapel was largely rebuilt, and the South Porch was added in the 16th century. The church has been restored in modern times, when the North Tower and the upper part of the chancel walls were rebuiilt, the S porch reconstructed and the West Vestries added. The church is of some architectural interest, and among the fittings the sedilia are noteworthy. Architectural description. <1>