Church of St Margaret, Wminster London, England
Listed Building Data
Church of St Margaret, Wminster has been designated a Grade I listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1226286
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- I
- Date Listed
- 24 February 1958
- Name
- CHURCH OF ST MARGARET, WESTMINSTER
- Location
- CHURCH OF ST MARGARET, WESTMINSTER, PARLIAMENT SQUARE SW1CHURCH OF ST MARGARET, WESTMINSTER, ST MARGARET STREET SW1
- District
- City of Westminster
- County
- Greater London Authority
- Grid Reference
- TQ 30124 79547
- Easting
- 530124.4000
- Northing
- 179547.0000
Description
Parish church. Cll/C12 foundation, rebuilt early C16: c1504 the nave and aisles, with west tower begun 1515, chancel c1518; by the Westminster Abbey masons Robert Stowell and Henry Redman. Extensive C18 and C19 restoration: most of tower rebuilt 1735-37 by John James; 1778 south east vestry; west porch by J L Pearson; projecting east end of chancel 1905 by G G Scott.
Listed Building Description
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TQ 3079 NW CITY OF WESTMINSTER PARLIAMENT SQUARE, SW1 92/54 (south side) 24.2.58 Church of St Margaret, Westminster G.V. I Parish church. Cll/C12 foundation, rebuilt early C16: c1504 the nave and aisles, with west tower begun 1515, chancel c1518; by the Westminster Abbey masons Robert Stowell and Henry Redman. Extensive C18 and C19 restoration: most of tower rebuilt 1735-37 by John James; 1778 south east vestry; west porch by J L Pearson; projecting east end of chancel 1905 by G G Scott. Portland stone refacing and renewed tracery. Late Perpendicular. Crenellated parapets to aisles; tall clerestory with plain parapets. Polygonal buttressed tower with large framed Perpendicular bell openings, quatrefoil frieze and panelled battlements. Inside the nave and chancel are not separated but a single 8 bay vessel, slender shafted piers to 2-centred arcade with traceried spandrels, clerestory over. East window has fine Gothic-Renaissance transitional Flemish stained glass, probably part of Katharine of Aragon's dowry and intended for Henry VII's Chapel; West window 1882 by Clayton and Bell; south aisle west window 1882 by Henry Holiday; north aisle: west window 1888 by Clayton and Bell, 2 north windows 1888 and 1891 by Edward Frampton; 1966 abstract glass by John Piper. Good collection of monuments.
Listing NGR: TQ3012079545
