St Margaret, Swinton
St Margaret, Swinton
The Church of St Margaret on Church Street, Swinton, near Rotherham, is a Grade II Gothic Revival parish church in the Diocese of Sheffield, with an 1817 tower and a nave rebuilt after fire.
- Location
- Swinton, Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Yorkshire
- City / town
- Swinton
- Address
- Church Street, Swinton, Yorkshire, S64 8EG
- Postcode
- S64 8EG
- Built
- Tower 1817; nave and chancel rebuilt 1899 after a fire of 1897
- Architect
- E. Isle Hubbard (1899 rebuild)
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Margaret
- Diocese
- Sheffield
- Parish
- Swinton
- Grade
- II
- Style
- Gothic Revival
- Materials
- Ashlar-sandstone tower; coursed squared sandstone with red tile roofs
- Grid reference
- SK 452 994
- Opening hours
- Usually open 9am to 11am.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby
Overview
Historic England records a church whose tower dates from 1817; the rest was rebuilt in 1899 by E. Isle Hubbard after a fire of 1897. The three-stage west tower is ashlar sandstone with offset angle buttresses rising as pinnacles above an embattled parapet. The six-bay aisled nave and lower two-bay chancel are of coursed squared sandstone with red tile roofs. The interior has circular piers to double-chamfered arcades and hammer-beam trusses. A date plaque under the tower records the rebuilding. Listed Grade II on 21 August 1985 (NHLE 1314575). The base of a churchyard cross and remains of the Chapel of St Mary Magdalene immediately north are separately listed.
The parish is Swinton, South Yorkshire.