Description

1.
5321 STARSTON CHURCH HILL
(east side)
Church of St Margaret
TM 28 SW 21/1 7.12.59

I GV

2.
Mainly C14 and C15 fabric heavily restored in late C19. Nave with embattled
parapet with flushwork and Perpendicular south windows. West tower with
diagonal buttresses, embattled parapet with flushwork and 2-light bell-openings.
Victorian south porch with C15 doorway, incorporated, with fleurons on the
jambs. North aisle built in 1870 in Perpendicular style. Late Cl9 chancel
with Perpendicular windows and late Cl9 vestry on north side.
Cl9, 3-bay north arcade. Cl5 arch-braced roof with moulded and crenellated
wall-plate. Late Cl9 painted arch-braced chancel roof. C15 font with octagonal
bowl with alternating shields and roses in sides and 4 lions against stem.
Monuments: Bartholemew Cotton 1613 tablet with kneeling effigy. Robert Ferrier
1767, tablet with putto heads at the foot. Built of flint rubble with stone
dressings, and with lead-clad and slate roofs.

Listing NGR: TM2349784386

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17537437

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)