Old Rectory viewed from the churchyard.

"Former rectory, now house. c.1700 with C19 alterations"

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DB 18 January 2020

Mounted in the roadside wall between the village hall and Roughton Hall is this King Edward VII post box.

Jean Howard, February 2021

This magnificent mid-eighteenth-century house is Grade II* listed.

This view shows the five-bay frontage with handsome central panelled door with fanlight over; Venetian window above; and Diocletian window on the top floor.

From the facade the house looks down towards the valley of the River Bain.

It has been the family home of local MP, Sir Peter Tapsell and his wife.

Jean Howard, February 2021  

Built within the fabric of the roadside boundary wall of Roughton Hall are these two metal containers.

They are cast with "PT" (Peter Tapsell?) and GT (Gabrielle Tapsell?) at the top edge and the left hand one also has the words "ROUGHTON HALL" along the bottom edge.

They now seem to be sealed but would appear to have been for the delivery of letters and parcels.

Jean Howard, February 2021

St Margaret's, Roughton, has a Perpendicular brick tower on a greenstone base, nave with Transitional doorways and a chancel from the late thirteenth-century.

The interior contains some old woodwork and a wonderful monument to Norreys Fynes (died 1735), a non-juror and estate steward. A welcoming church.

Mark Acton, 2013

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The chancel is late 13th century, with contrasting window tracery of the period.

June 2013

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 states :-

"The church of St. Margaret is an ancient building of local stone and brick, in the Early English style, and consists of chancel, nave and a low western tower, with a wooden bell-cote containing 2 bells :

the interior has been restored and reseated with open benches, and has about 100 sittings.

The register dates from 1564.

The living is a discharged rectory, united in 1741 to that of Haltham-on-Bain, joint net yearly value £300, including 383 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of and held since 1913 by the Rev. Henry Cecil Marriott Spurrier M.A. of Pembroke College, Oxford"

DB 24 August 2019

White's Directory of Lincolnshire 1856 states :-

"The Church (St. Margaret) is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £6. 15s. 2d., and united with Haltham-upon-Bain, in 1741.

The consolidated benefices are now valued at £401.

The Hon. Sir Henry Dymoke is patron, and the Rev. John Dymoke, incumbent"

DB 24 August 2019

A drawing of the church displayed in the chancel.

The porch shown in the drawing no longer exists however there is a central blocked doorway on the south side of the nave which was presumably the entrance.

DB 18 January 2020

The unusual design of the gable end at the east end of the church.

June 2013

"The carved Altar Table with screen behind, were designed, carved and donated in 1910 "In loving memory of Henry Spurrier" - a former Rector".

https://bainvalleychurches.wordpress.com/churches/st-margarets-roughton/ 

DB 24 August 2019

Looking east towards the sanctuary.

DB 18 January 2020

Three light C19 window.

Stained glass depicts "in the centre, Jesus with children, flanked on his right by the Virgin Mary and on the left by St. Cecilia, the Patron Saint of Music"

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DB 24 August 2019

"Circular slate plaque to Rev. Arthur Rockcliffe d.1798"

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DB 24 August 2019

Alabaster wall plaque to Norreys Fynes d.1735.

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DB 24 August 2019

C13 3 light window with cinquefoil plate tracery.

Glass in memory of Henry Spurrier B.A. Rector 1866-1913.

DB 24 August 2019

"The cross is medieval in date and is constructed of limestone. The monument includes the base of the cross and part of the shaft"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1010681 

DB 24 August 2019

"Sir Peter Hannay Bailey Tapsell (1 February 1930 – 18 August 2018) was a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Louth and Horncastle. He served in the House of Commons continuously from 1966 until 2015, and was also previously an MP from 1959 to 1964. He was Father of the House between 2010 and 2015"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Tapsell_(British_politician) 

DB 23 September 2022 

Looking west towards the C15 tower arch, 2 commandment boards and the font.

Rolls of Honour from Roughton and Haltham-on-Bain displayed on the nave walls. 

DB 24 August 2019

Looking east towards the unmoulded chancel arch.

C19 pews however "the pew ends are probably C16".

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DB 18 January 2020

C17 oak chest at west end of the nave.

DB 24 August 2019

"The C12 circular font has a fine C16 wooden cover"

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DB 24 August 2019

"In the nave is a marble plaque to Charles Pilkington d.1798"

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DB 24 August 2019

First World War Roll of Honour.

Labelled "Roughton" to distinguish it from "Haltham-on-Bain" whose Rolls of Honour are also on display.

DB 24 August 2019

Second World War Roll of Honour.

Labelled "Roughton" to distinguish it from "Haltham-on-Bain" whose Rolls of Honour are also on display.

DB 24 August 2019

Detail of the brick tower at the west end of the church showing one of the two-light bell-openings.

June 2013

The blocked doorway on the north side of the tower. The wide range of materials used in the construction and modification of this church are apparent.

June 2013