St Margaret

Built in 1796 on the site of an earlier medieval church by the first Lord Suffield, it was one of the first Gothic Revival buildings in Norfolk. It contains the font, tombs and memorials from the earlier church and the records name incumbents from 1200.

About this building

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St Margaret of Antioch Thorpe Market

Thorpe Market church is a picturesque Gothick chapel, completed in 1796 to the designs of a Mr Wood, under the Patronage of the first Baron Suffield. It has an award-winning conservation churchyard, supporting several rare species of flora, and a woodland burial site known as the Hazel Grove. The interior has two unique Regency screens of oak and painted glass.

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St Margaret's Church / Thorpe Market

St Margaret's was built in 1796 by Lord Suffield of Gunton Park replacing an earlier medieval church on the same site. This is the only 18th-century Gothic revival church in rural Norfolk, as this type of church is very rare in England. It was built by architect Mr Wood. St Margaret's is his only known building. The church is open every day and has a beautiful conservation churchyard.