St Margaret's Church, Owthorpe

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St Margaret’s Church, Owthorpe
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St Margaret’s Church, Owthorpe
St Margaret's Church, Owthorpe
52°53′39.25″N1°00′7.49″W / 52.8942361°N 1.0020806°W / 52.8942361; -1.0020806
OS grid reference SK 67234 33439
Location Owthorpe
Country England
Denomination Church of England
History
Dedication St Margaret of Antioch
Architecture
Heritage designation Grade II* listed
Administration
Province York
Diocese Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
Archdeaconry Archdeaconry of Nottingham
Deanery East Bingham
Parish Owthorpe
Clergy
Priest in charge Revd Paul Massey

St Margaret's Church, Owthorpe is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England [1] in Owthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England.

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Owthorpe has an unusual Grade II* listed Anglican church, dedicated to St Margaret of Antioch, once considered a patron saint of pregnancy. [2] It stands away from the village in farmland, surrounded by a low wall, next to the site where the manor stood. Access is only along a public footpath – a narrow grass track, often muddy in the winter months – and through a timber gate.

Some features of St Margaret's date from the 12th century, although the structure underwent many changes over the centuries. It was rebuilt about 1650. [3] The north wall is a surviving part of the original, larger church. Inside it has an oak-panelled, three-decker pulpit-cum-lectern with a Jacobean canopy, which is still in use. [4]

In 1680 the church installed a clock built by Richard Roe of Epperstone. [5]

The octagonal castellated font [6] is thought to be from the 15th century. A wooden screen dividing the nave from the chancel is said to have come from Owthorpe Hall. [7]

The church was restored in 1888 [8] and again in 1905 by Arthur Brewill and Basil Baily [9] when the plaster ceiling was removed to expose the roof timbers, and the masonry of the windows was restored and the windows reglazed.

Memorials

Memorial to John Hutchinson St Margaret Commemorative Plaque.JPG
Memorial to John Hutchinson

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Owthorpe is a civil parish in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire, England. The parish contains eight listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Owthorpe and the surrounding countryside, and the listed buildings consist of a church, headstones in the churchyard, three mile markers on the Grantham Canal, a farmhouse and a pair of cottages.

References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "Church of St Margaret (1236253)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  2. ↑ David Hugh Farmer: The Oxford Dictionary of Saints 2nd ed. (Oxford: OUP, 1987), pp. 281–82.
  3. ↑ White's Directory of Nottinghamshire, 1853. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  4. ↑ A Church Near You. Retrieved 25 May 2015. [ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ Beeson, C.F.C (1977). English Church Clocks 1280-1850. Brant Wright Associates Ltd. p. 113. ISBN   0903512149.
  6. ↑ Pictured here: Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  7. ↑ Southwell & Nottingham Church History Project. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "Owthorpe. The Church of St Margaret". Grantham Journal. Grantham. 23 June 1888. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  9. ↑ "Owthorpe. The Church". Grantham Journal. Grantham. 1 July 1905. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
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