St Margaret - Hempnall, Norfolk
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N 52° 30.112 E 001° 18.035
31U E 384647 N 5818217
St Margaret’s, Hempnall, stands in the centre of the village and has undergone various stages of re-ordering. The pews have been replaced by chairs enabling imaginative use, and there is under-floor heating.
Waymark Code: WMNH68
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/16/2015
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"St Margaret today is essentially the work of restorers. Nave aisles survived a fire in the late 14th century, but a fire in the 17th century scoured internal medieval survivals, and the Victorians rebuilt the east end, getting rid of the ruined chancel. The result is a building that is almost perfectly square. In the 1970s, the area beneath the tower was refitted, the new balcony accessed by a gorgeous spiral staircase.
When Mortlock came this way in the 1980s, he found this space filled with 19th century pews; but these have now gone, and the inside is stunningly beautiful, a wide, light space with modern chairs and the altar brought forward into the nave. In one corner there is a chapel dedicated to the patron Saint. (Reminiscent) of modern Catholic churches.
The medieval font survives, an Georgian pulpit is tucked away awkwardly up one corner."
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