Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1968. Church. 1 related planning application.

Church of St Nicholas

WRENN ID
nether-bracket-acorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ribble Valley
Constituency
Pendle and Clitheroe MP: Jonathan Hinder (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 December 1968
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Nicholas, Sabden, BB7 9EH
OS grid reference
SD 781 376
Coordinates
53.83469, -2.33368
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Nicholas, built in 1846, features a chancel that is likely from a later date. Constructed from squared sandstone with a slate roof, the church is designed in a Norman style. It includes a west tower, a nave, and a lower chancel with a lean-to vestry attached to the north wall.

The tower has a west window with a round head and two round-headed lights separated by a central shaft, beneath which is blind arcading. There are tall blind openings with round heads on the east and west sides. Gablets with clock faces adorn three sides of the tower, leading up to an octagonal bell stage that has wider cardinal sides with slim round-headed openings, all topped by a stone spire. The west door also features a round head.

The nave and chancel windows are tall, with splayed reveals and round heads. The nave consists of four bays, separated by pilaster strips that are treated as slightly projecting buttresses, and has a corbel table under the eaves. The two west nave windows are similar to those in the chancel, which also has four bays and windows with linked hoods. The east window mirrors the design of the west tower window.

Inside, the nave has a ceiling and a west gallery, while the round chancel arch and its responds are composed of several square orders. The chancel boasts an open timber roof.

Local climate

Church of St Nicholas sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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