Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Blackfordby explained

Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Blackfordby
Dedication:	St Margaret of Antioch
Denomination:	Church of England
Parish:	Blackfordby, Leicestershire
Archdeaconry:	Loughborough^[1]
Diocese:	Leicester

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

52.7598°N -1.5117°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Diocese of Leicester | Find a Church. www.leicester.anglican.org. 14 September 2021. 19 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210819133654/https://www.leicester.anglican.org/acny/north-west-leicestershire/619345-blackfordby-st-margaret-of-antioch. live.
2. Web site: Genuki: Blackfordby, Leicestershire. www.genuki.org.uk. 14 September 2021. 14 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210914181748/https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LEI/Blackfordby. live.
3. Web site: Parish Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Blackfordby, Leicestershire. britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. 14 September 2021. 14 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210914174210/https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101073641-parish-church-of-st-margaret-of-antioch-ashby-de-la-zouch. live.
4. Web site: About Blackfordby | Blackfordby Open Gardens. blackfordbyopengardens.org.uk. 14 September 2021. 14 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210914200638/https://blackfordbyopengardens.org.uk/about-blackfordby/. live.
5. Web site: PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARGARET OF ANTIOCH, Ashby-de-la-Zouch - 1073641 | Historic England. historicengland.org.uk. 14 September 2021. 14 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210914174928/https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1073641. live.