Church of Saint Nicholas is a Grade II* listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1968. A C15 Church.

Church of Saint Nicholas

WRENN ID
riven-moat-summer
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Malvern Hills
Constituency
West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 March 1968
Type
Church
Address
Church of Saint Nicholas, Queenhill
OS grid reference
SO 860 366
Coordinates
52.02807, -2.20439
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of Saint Nicholas is a Grade II* listed building that dates from the 11th, 13th, and 15th centuries and was restored by George Gilbert Scott in 1855. It is constructed of blue lias stone and features plain tile roofs. The church includes a small three-stage tower with two-light bell openings and a tiled saddleback roof added in 1855. The nave has a central Norman south door, which is adorned with one order of colonettes, a zigzag arch, and a pellet hood mould. There is a 19th-century timber porch, and on either side of the nave, there are renewed Perpendicular style windows. The north side features two restored three-light Perpendicular windows.

The chancel is highlighted by two large 13th-century chamfered lancets at the ends and a pointed head door situated between a three-light east window with cinquefoil heads. Inside, the nave has a plastered roof supported by four tie beams. The 17th-century pulpit features a 15th-century carved top band. The chancel screen is from the 15th century and has been restored, while the Neo-Norman font sits on an older base. The chancel roof was added in the 19th century, and the altar rails from the 17th century have also been restored. There is an incised slab commemorating H. Field, who died in 1584, and some 14th-century glass is present in the north window of the nave. The east window was created by E. Franklin in 1892-1893.

Local climate

Church of Saint Nicholas receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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