Church of St Margaret | |
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Location | Queen Charlton, Somerset, England |
Coordinates | 51°24′03″N2°31′38″W / 51.40083°N 2.52722°W |
Built | late 12th century |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Designated | 1 February 1956 |
Reference no. | 1115380 [1] |
The Anglican Church of St Margaret in Queen Charlton, Somerset, England, dates from the late 12th century. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building. [1] It is within the civil parish of Compton Dando, but the ecclesiastical parish of Keynsham and the Diocese of Bath & Wells. [2]
The church was attached to Keynsham Abbey but also had its own collection of ecclesiastical buildings around 1200. [3]
The building was altered in the 13th century and restored in the 15th. [1] It was originally cruciform, but only the north transept remains. [3]
The central two-stage tower is supported by diagonal buttresses, and is topped with a parapet with pierced arcading surrounded by pinnacles and gargoyles. It has a polygonal stair tower on the northeast corner. [1] Beneath the tower at the crossing are four arches with attached Norman pillars. [3]
In front of the church is a late medieval cross on the village green. [4] It was previously sited further east of its current location, but was moved as part of the celebrations for the Jubilee of Queen Victoria. [3]
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