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Church of St Margaret

A Grade I Listed Building in King's Lynn, Norfolk

  • Priory & Parish Church of St Margaret – Kings Lynn

  • St Margaret: white limestone, priory as well as town church, founded by Bishop Losinga of Norwich 1101 as penance for simony

  • St Margaret: west front; south tower is Perpendicular throughout (1453); north is Norman, Transitional & Early English; seven light west window, statue in niche

  • St Margaret: south-west tower, Norman base with intersecting arcades, above Transitional trefoil arcading to Early English plate tracery & c13 bar tracery at belfries

  • St Margaret: nave arcade of 1745-6 in Perpendicular style using c13 bases; rebuilt after storm of 1741

  • St Margaret: c13 stiff leaf capital in chancel piers

  • St Margaret: Robert de Brauche & wives Letitia & Margaret, 1364, Flemish

  • St Margaret: Margaret, wife of Robert de Brauche, 1364

  • St Margaret: detail from the brass of Robert de Brauche, 1364; peacock feast with seated figures, attendants & musicians

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  • West tower showing lombardy band

  • Stone font of St Margaret's church, market town of Kings Lynn west Norfolk UK.

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Entry Name: Church of St Margaret

Listing Date: 1 December 1951

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1211336

English Heritage Legacy ID: 384315

ID on this website: 101211336

Location: St Margaret's Church, King's Lynn, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, Norfolk, PE30

County: Norfolk

District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Electoral Ward/Division: St Margarets with St Nicholas

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: King's Lynn

Traditional County: Norfolk

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Norfolk

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