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
crooked-clay-kestrel
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 May 1960
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Nicholas, Twyford
OS grid reference
TG 016 246
Coordinates
52.78139, 0.98893
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St. Nicholas is a parish church that dates back to medieval times and has undergone later modifications. It is constructed of flint, with the south and east sides rendered, and features ashlar and ferruginous conglomerate dressings. The building includes a brick tower-porch and has a pantile roof. The church has an aisleless nave that merges with an undifferentiated chancel and a tower-porch located on the south side. The tower-porch, dated 1732, has diagonal buttresses, an entrance with a segmental arch, three honeycomb vents in the upper stage, a crenellated parapet, and a wooden bell cupola covered in lead.

The south doorway, dating from the 14th century, is moulded and features a hood-mould decorated with fleuron and carved label stops. The north doorway is blocked. The south wall of the nave and chancel contains two double lancets, one two-light flat-headed Perpendicular window, and one modern two-light cusped I-tracery window. The east window is a three-light Y-traceried design. On the north wall, there is one two-light flat-headed Perpendicular window, one modern double lancet, one modern single lancet with cusping, and one three-light panel-traceried Perpendicular window. Additionally, fragments of medieval glass can be found in the northwest window.

Local climate

Church of St Nicholas receives an average of 770 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 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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