Church of St Nicholas is a Grade I listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1959. A C15 Church.
Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- pitched-stronghold-rain
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- North Norfolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1959
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TG 04 SW 1/1
BLAKENEY CLEY ROAD (south side) Church of St Nicholas
6.3.59
I
C15 with C13 chancel. Large church built of flint (Quaternary) with stone (Lincolnshire Limestone and Bath Stone) dressings and lead-clad roofs, refaced with knapped flint in 1880s. Comprising: C15 nave with clerestory and C15 north and south aisles, all with Perpendicular traceried windows. Large C15 west tower with diagonal buttresses, embattled parapet and pinnacles, three-light Perpendicular traceried belfry and large four-light Perpendicular west window and octagonal stair turret on south side. North porch of 1896. C13 chancel with rendered walls, with seven-light stepped east window and Perpendicular north and south windows.
Tower attached to north-east corner of chancel with pinnacles, cusped bell-openings and diagonal buttresses; said to have been originally a stair turret to chamber over chancel and to have been extended above chancel roof as an architectural feature; later used as a beacon.
Interior: six-bay arcades and C15 hammerbeam roof to nave. Tall tower arch. C13 two-bay vaulted chancel. Only base of screen is C15, remainder is circa 1913. Stalls with misericords restored 1913. Some C15 bench ends with poppy-heads. Good Perpendicular octagonal font.
Listing NGR: TG0330943598
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