St Margaret's Church, High Bentham

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St Margaret's Church, High Bentham
West end of St Margaret's Church, High Bentham
West end of St Margaret's Church, High Bentham
St Margaret's Church, High Bentham is located in North Yorkshire
St Margaret's Church, High Bentham
St Margaret's Church, High Bentham
Location in North Yorkshire
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OS grid reference SD 669,689
Location Station Road,
High Bentham,
North Yorkshire
Country England
Denomination Anglican
Website Bentham Churches
History
Dedication Saint Margaret
Architecture
Heritage designation Grade II
Designated 24 June 1988
Architect(s) Austin and Paley
(additions)
Architectural type Church
Style Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking 1837
Completed 1902
Specifications
Materials Stone, slate roof
Administration
Parish St Margaret, Bentham
Deanery Ewecross
Archdeaconry Craven
Diocese Leeds
Province York
Clergy
Assistant priest Revd Mabel Parr
Curate(s) Revd Stephen Charles Dawson

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.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[2]

History

St Margaret's was built in 1837.[2] 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 2021).[3][4] 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.[5]

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.[2] The two-manual pipe organ was built in 1893, and rebuilt in 1937 by Henry Ainscough of Preston.[6]

See also

References

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