Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II* listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 1960. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- vast-outpost-heath
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 May 1960
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Nicholas, Lexham
- OS grid reference
- TF 842 172
- Coordinates
- 52.72119, 0.7268
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Nicholas is a parish church that dates back to the medieval period but was largely rebuilt in 1891. It is constructed of flint with a rendered tower and ashlar dressings, featuring plaintile and pantile roofs. The building includes a round western tower, an aisleless nave with a south porch, and a chancel with a vestry. The tower has four single light arched bell-openings that are cusped. The nave and chancel, primarily from 1891, incorporate a re-assembled 14th-century south door and three 19th-century Y-traceried windows, including one double lancet and a modern three-light east window. The chancel arch has been restored and features two plain-chamfered orders with polygonal responds, while the tower arch has two plain-chamfered orders and no responds.
Local climate
Church of St Nicholas sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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