OS grid reference SD 669,689 Denomination Anglican Heritage designation Grade II Diocese Anglican Diocese of Leeds Dedication Margaret the Virgin Architectural type Church | Country England Website Bentham Churches Opened 1902 Province Province of York Archdeaconry Craven | |
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Location Station Road,
High Bentham,
North Yorkshire Architectural style Gothic Revival architecture | ||
St Margaret's Church is in Station Road, High Bentham, North Yorkshire, England. It is an Anglican parish church in the deanery of Ewecross, the archdeaconry of Craven, and the Diocese of Leeds. Its benefice is united with that of St John the Baptist, Low Bentham. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
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History
St Margaret's was built in 1837. It was extended in 1901–02 by the Lancaster architects Austin and Paley. The additions included a new chancel, transepts, organ chamber and vestries. The plaster ceiling was removed from the nave, which was reseated, and a tower screen and pulpit were installed. These alterations cost £2,014 (equivalent to £200,000 in 2015). As of 2012, the church building is closed for public worship. The congregation either meets at St Boniface's Roman Catholic Church, or at St John's Church in Low Bentham.
Architecture
The church is constructed in stone, with a slate roof. Its plan consists of a four-bay nave, a two-bay chancel with a north vestry and a south chapel, and a west tower. The tower has octagonal angle turrets, and an embattled parapet. It is in three stages, with a west doorway in the bottom stage. The middle stage contains a stepped triple window, and in the top stage are two-light bell openings. Along the sides of the nave are four two-light lancet windows. The chapel has two-light windows on the north and south sides, and a three-light window on the east. The east end of the chancel has a four-light window containing trefoil plate tracery. The two-manual pipe organ was built in 1893, and rebuilt in 1937 by Henry Ainscough of Preston.