Church of St Margaret, Bagendon
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| heritage designation = Grade I listed building
| designated date = 26 November 1958
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The Anglican Church of St Margaret at Bagendon in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England was built in the 12th century. It is a grade I listed building.{{cite web |title=Church of St Margaret |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1090271 |website=National Heritage List for England |publisher=Historic England |accessdate=27 October 2019}}
History
The origins of the church are unclear. The current building was erected in the 12th century but there may have been a Saxon church on the site previously. The chancel was rebuilt in the 1460s and there was some further rebuilding in 1830. A Victorian restoration was carried out by Sidney Gambier-Parry in 1889.
The parish is part of the Churn Valley benefice within the Diocese of Gloucester.{{cite web |title=St Margaret |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/14288/more-information/ |website=A Church Near You |publisher=Church of England |accessdate=27 October 2019}}
Architecture
The limestone building consists of a nave, north aisle, vestry and chancel with a three-stage west tower supported by diagonal buttresses. The tower contains five bells.{{cite web |title=Cirencester |url=http://tewkesbury.bellsgandb.org.uk/cgi-bin/makepage2.cgi?b=5 |publisher=The Gloucester & Bristol Diocesan Association of Church Bell Ringers |accessdate=27 October 2019}}
The interior includes an 11th-century font and memorials and tombs from various centuries. There is an aumbrey in the south wall of the sanctuary.{{cite web |title=English Church Architecture |url=http://www.english-church-architecture.net/gloucestershire/bagendon/bagendon.htm |publisher=Bagendon, St Margaret |accessdate=27 October 2019}}
There are fragments of stained glass from the 15th century. The north west window has glass by Charles Eamer Kempe.