Parish Church of Saint Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Warwick local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1967. Church.
Parish Church of Saint Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- lost-cobble-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Warwick
- Constituency
- Warwick and Leamington MP: Matt Western (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1967
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Parish Church of Saint Nicholas, Southam Road, Radford Semele
- OS grid reference
- SP 342 647
- Coordinates
- 52.28003, -1.49876
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of Saint Nicholas is located on Southam Road in Radford Semele. It was originally built in the early 12th century and enlarged in the 14th century when the tower was added. However, the church was largely rebuilt in 1889, with the exception of the tower and the south wall of the nave. The rebuilding cost £2,200, funded by John Francis-Greswolde-Williams, the patron and lord of the manor. The design was created by the architectural firm R Rowe and Son from Worcester, and the work was carried out by Councillor Dawkes of Leamington.
The church features walls faced with ashlar stone, except for the south wall of the nave, which is made of random rubble. It has a steeply pitched plain tile roof. The east window of the chancel is a three-light window with Perpendicular tracery, while the other windows in the main body of the church primarily consist of two-trefoiled lights. Notably, there is a small 12th-century window in the south wall of the nave, which has a round head made from a single stone and a hood mould with square stops. Above the south doorway, which dates from the 14th century and has two moulded orders, is an 1889 rose window.
The Perpendicular west tower has two stages and features angle buttresses that end just below the embattled parapet. Its west face includes a window with three cinquefoiled lights. Inside, the chancel arch is pointed and consists of two chamfered orders supported by short shafts with foliated capitals on corbels. The nave connects to the north aisle through an arcade of three pointed arches with moulded piers. The nave also opens into the tower through a lofty two-centred arch of two chamfered orders, with the imposts cut back as square pilasters. The reredos is made of Caen stone and features four columns supporting three canopies with carved mouldings and finials, given by Dr Blunt in memory of his mother.
Local climate
Parish Church of Saint Nicholas receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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