Former Church Of St Nicholas

The former Church of St Nicholas, now converted to offices, was built around 1850 by RC Bennett of Weymouth. It is constructed from coursed and squared limestone and features plain tiled roofs. The building is designed in a Romanesque style, characterized by a high and short nave, lean-to aisles, and a vestigial apse.

The exterior includes a high west gable with deep moulding surrounding a round-arched doorway that has triple shafts and foliate and trumpet capitals. To the right is a lean-to aisle with a side door and a round-arched window at the west end. A circular stair turret is located to the left, featuring narrow stair windows. The north aisle has a curved corner with a doorway set back across the angle, supported by engaged shafts with foliate capitals. The aisle is divided into four bays by a central buttress, with simple round-arched windows and circular windows in the short clerestory above. This building is a well-articulated example of neo-Norman style and makes an important contribution to the streetscape.