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Church of St Margaret, Queen Charlton

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Built
  
late 12th century

Reference no.
  
32468

Designated
  
1 February 1956

Address
  
Bristol BS31 2SH, UK

Church of St Margaret, Queen Charlton

Location
  
Queen Charlton, Somerset, England

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. It is within the civil parish of Compton Dando, but the ecclesiastical parish of Keynsham and the Diocese of Bath & Wells.

The church was attached to Keynsham Abbey but also had its own collection of ecclesiastical buildings around 1200.

The building was altered in the 13th century and restored in the 15th. It was originally cruciform, but only the north transept remains.

The central tow-stage tower is supported by diagonal buttresses are topped with a parapet with pierced arcading surrounded by pinnacles and gargoyles. It has a polygonal stair tower on the north east corner. Beneath the tower at the crossing at four arches with attached Norman pillars.

In front of the church is a late medieval cross on the village green. It was previously sited further east of its current location but was moved as part of the celebrations for the Jubilee of Queen Victoria.

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Church of St Margaret, Queen Charlton Wikipedia