Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II* listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1959. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- cold-chalk-hyssop
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham MP: Nigel Huddleston (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1959
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Nicholas, Middle Littleton, North and Middle Littleton
- OS grid reference
- SP 080 469
- Coordinates
- 52.12118, -1.88373
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Nicholas is a parish church that dates back to the medieval period and was heavily restored by F. Preedy in 1871. It is constructed from blue lias stone and features plain tile roofs. The church includes a west tower, a nave with a south porch, a southeast chantry chapel, a north transept, and a chancel with a vestry.
The tower is three stages high, with a 13th-century lower section that has diagonal buttresses, and a 15th-century upper section adorned with paired finials and large central gargoyles. The nave, originally from the 13th century, had its north wall rebuilt in 1871, and the roof was also replaced at that time. The south wall features one 15th-century three-light window and one 13th-century lancet. The gabled south porch, originally two-storey from the 14th century, was opened up in the 19th century. The southeast chantry chapel, built around 1530 by T. Smith of North Littleton, is embattled and has three-light flat-head windows—one facing east and two on the south side.
The tower arch has a 15th-century doorway that has been reset, featuring crudely modeled leaf spandrels and a crenellated head. The north transept, dating from the 14th century, includes a two-light north window with a quatrefoil head and a small cusped east lancet. The roof and arch of the nave were also updated around 1871. Inside, there is a small piscina, a Norman round font, a pulpit made of 15th to 16th-century wooden panels, and 16th-century bench ends. The Gothic reredos, created in 1876, has three panels painted on metal. Some medieval floor tiles can be found in the north transept and in a niche on the chancel wall.
Local climate
Church of St 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 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% 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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