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 .

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.