St Margaret's, Lee of the restoration, the church is one of the best preserved examples of a decorated gothic revivalist interior in London. Between 1813-1830 there had been an attempt to rebuild the medieval church, involving the architect Joseph Gwilt. This failed when it became clear that the foundations of the old church were incapable of supporting a new building. The ruins of the original building are in the medieval churchyard on the north side of Lee Terrace. The tomb of Edmond Halley (1656–1742), from 1720 England's second Astronomer Royal and the discoverer of the periodicity of Halley's Comet is in the churchyard,
Heavenly Breakfast and Delany. It is one of several autobiographical works by Delany. Heavenly Breakfast Heavenly Breakfast: An Essay on the Winter of Love is a 1979 semi-autobiographical work by author, professor, and critic Samuel R. Delany. It details a few years of his life he spent living in a commune in New York City during the winter of 1968, although altering details and at times even offering multiple, alternative accounts of the same events, challenging the reader to question familiar tropes. Heavenly Breakfast was also the name of the folk band that lived in the commune, which consisted of Steve Wiseman,