Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Blackfordby

The church is built in the Decorated style. The tower has 3 stages with a broach spire,^[4] lucarnes and diagonal buttresses. The south doorway has foliage capitals. The nave has 2 single-light windows and 2 2-light windows. The chancel has a trefoil-headed south doorway, diagonal buttresses, 2 2-light south windows, 3-light East window with intersecting tracery. The vestry has 2 cusped east windows.^[5]

The nave has a 5-bay hammerbeam roof. The chancel's canted boarded ceiling is painted blue. The chancel' north arcade has an octagonal central pier and double-chamfered arches.^[5]

The font is made of Chellaston marble. There is a tablet to Edward Newcomen (died 1722) and his wife. The chancel has a fragment of medieval stained glass believed to depict St Margaret of Antioch.^[5]

52°45′35″N 1°30′42″W / 52.7598°N 1.5117°W / 52.7598; -1.5117

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