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The Church of St. Margaret of Antioch, Leigh Delamere, Wiltshire, England



St. Margaret of Antioch church in Leigh Delamere is quite extraordinary.  Whilst from the outside it is like many other churches, when you go inside there are hosts of beautiful things to see from a time when skilled craftspeople were employed to glorify god with their work - carved wood, colourful windows, stone masonary and many ornately carved and painted bosses and corbels .

Picture of the shape of the building The building has both north and south aisles making the inside feel larger than expected - the sketch on the right shows the outside walls so you can see roughly the floor space available.

When you go inside, the chancel and west ends vie for attention first.  When the sun shines through the east window the chancel glows yellow and gives a serene and warmly atmosphere rather as though candles have been lit.  The ceiling and walls are highly decorated and the stone reredos is simply superb.  The west end has a window of coloured glass depicting the crucifixion and it is magnificent - the colour, the detail, the size.  All the windows in the church are by Thomas Wilmshurst.

A history leaflet is available inside the church, written by Geoffrey K. Brandwood and published by the Churches Conservation Trust.  Any facts given on our pages come from this informative leaflet.  Geoffrey has done a splendid job researching it's history and we are grateful he has shared his knowledge with us.  He explains the church was re‑built in the 1840s - should you read the Wiltshire Collections entry for this church, please bear in mind it was written in the 1660s so talks about the original building and not this one.  The original was demolished as it had become dangerous, and this one constructed from 1846 using some of the original stone.  The original reredos and some of the church stone went to build a school at nearby Sevington - we have a photo of the reredos at:  15th Century reredos.

The church of St. Margaret is a Grade II* listed building - more information about the listing can be found at the  Historic England  website.

The church is now 'redundant' and is maintained by the  Churches Conservation Trust.  They do a magnificent job looking after our ancient churches which have become redundant and no longer used as a church.  They rely on donations so please support them if you are able because without organisations like this, these buildings would simply be lost for ourselves and future generations to visit and admire.

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Looking east along the nave
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Taken on our first visit back in 2000
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Notice board
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This notice includes the information it costs £5086 a year (at time it was printed) 'to keep this church open for free and safe for visitors'
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Notices about the Churches Conservation Trust
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The lychgate
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Through the lychgate and we are facing the south side of the church
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The south porch
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Churches Conservation Trust notice
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Moving round to the west side
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The west wall of the south aisle
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In the corner is this…
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… we don't know what it is
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This is at the roof apex
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Continuing round to…
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The west side of the church
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The west wall of the nave
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Church cross at the roof apex
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The wall has a gap for an air vent
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Grid over the opening
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West and north walls of the nave
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North wall of the north aisle
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Top of the wall
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Decoration at the apex
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Continuing round to the north side - this structure is attached to the north aisle wall - we think it may be a vestry with a loft over
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Window in the loft
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At the foot of the wall …
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An air vent?
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Continuing along the north wall
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The rounded structure from below
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The other side of the vestry
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Another window into the loft
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Air vent at the bottom of the wall
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Some of the boundary wall is displaced giving us a view of a tennis court!
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East wall of the north aisle
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The top of the gable
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North wall of the chancel
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Moving left towards the east wall
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East wall of the chancel
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Chancel window
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Carved detail above the window
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Further up the wall
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Very top of the wall
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At the foot of the chancel wall are these memorials, no longer readable
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Continuing round
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South wall of the chancel
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Moving further round we see the east wall of the south aisle
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Top of the wall
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Looking up to the bell tower
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This projection is where the bell can be rung from
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Stone carving on the curved wall
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And back round to the south side
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The graveyard
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Various flowers in the churchyard
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View from the south porch door
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Alms Houses to the right of the church
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The road outside the church
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A passing glider
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