St Margaret
Roughton, Lincolnshire
Dedicated to St Margaret, this grade II* listed church has been constructed of greenstone, limestone and red brick to create a wonderful patchwork effect that catches the light beautifully in the setting sun.
Although restored in 1877 and built of a patchwork of greenstone and brick, the church is essentially Norman.
You enter the church through a striking Norman doorway, its capitals carved with grotesques. Inside is a spectacular chancel arch, dating from around 1200 and a wonderful example of the transition between Norman and Early English. This narrow opening admits to a dark chancel, sheltering a stone altar with medieval, mensa.
On the east wall of the chancel is a bracket formed from a waterleaf capital.