St Margaret's Church, Hornby
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St Margaret's Church, Hornby, from the southeast
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 St Margaret's Church, Hornby
Location in the City of Lancaster district
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| Coordinates: 54°06′41″N 2°38′10″W / 54.1114°N 2.6362°W | |
| Location | Main Street, Hornby, Lancashire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | Hornby, St Margaret |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade I |
| Designated | 4 October 1967 |
| Architect(s) | Paley, Austin and Paley (restoration) |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic, Gothic Revival |
| Completed | 1889 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 290 |
| Length | 93 feet (28 m) |
| Nave width | 38.5 feet (12 m) |
| Number of spires | 1 |
| Spire height | 66 feet (20 m) |
| Materials | Sandstone ashlar |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Hornby with Claughton |
| Deanery | Tunstall |
| Archdeaconry | Lancaster |
| Diocese | Blackburn |
| Province | York |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | Rev Michael Hampson |
| Laity | |
| Reader(s) | Robin McIlveen |
| Churchwarden(s) | Liz Allison |
| Parish administrator | Martin Edmonds |
St Margaret's Church is in Main Street, Hornby, Lancashire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Blackburn, the archdeaconry of Lancaster and the deanery of Tunstall. Its benefice is combined with those of St Michael, Whittington, St John, Arkholme, and St John, Gressingham.
A church was on the site in 1338. The oldest part of the current church is the tower which was built by Sir Edward Stanley, Lord Mounteagle, in 1514. Lord Mounteagle also arranged for the rebuilding of the chancel but this was incomplete when he died in 1524. In 1817 the old nave was demolished and replaced by a new nave. In 1888–89 a restoration was carried out by the Lancaster architects Paley, Austin and Paley. The nave was largely rebuilt, arcades and a clerestory were inserted, the church was reroofed and refloored, the west gallery was removed, the box pews were replaced by modern seating, the vestry was converted into an organ chamber, and a new vestry was built; this was done at an estimated cost of £3,000 (equivalent to £300,000 in 2015).
The church is built in sandstone ashlar and its plan consists of a west tower, a nave and chancel under a continuous roof with a clearstory, and north and south aisles. The tower has three stages and is octagonal with the two upper stages being set diagonally to the base. Its parapet is embattled with pinnacles. The middle stage has a clock and a plaque carved with the Mounteagle arms. The nave and aisles have embattled parapets. At the east end is a semi-octagonal apse.
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