St Margaret's is just about the prettiest church in Ipswich. Built around 1300, its outstanding features include a 13th Century coffin lid, a 15th century font, and, the church's crowning glory, a double hammerbeam nave roof, which was added in the 1400s. The church tower is 19th Century, built on a base of the 1400s. 1996 saw the completion of a 12-year programme of sympathetic restoration, which included conservation work on the church’s many fine paintings.