Church Of St Nicholas is a Grade I listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1966. A Early C13 Church.
Church Of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- bitter-cobble-dock
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1966
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Early C13
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Nicholas is an early 13th-century church that underwent restoration in the 19th century. It is constructed of flint with stone dressings, and part of the nave is rendered. The roof is tiled, and there is a shingled spire. The church consists of a nave, chancel, and south porch.
On the south elevation, there is a bellcote with louvre and a broached spire to the left, flanked by two lancet windows beside a gabled timber porch. The porch features a wide cusped opening above the south door, which is set in a two-centred chamfered arch supported by thin columns with moulded bases and remnants of leaf capitals. A mass clock is located on the east quoin. The chancel has two bays with buttresses; the left bay includes a two-light window with cusped ogee heads in a square-headed opening, next to a door with a recessed moulded two-centred arch on columns with modified Composite capitals and a drip mould with carved heads at the springing. The right bay has one restored two-light window with cusped ogee-headed lights in a square opening.
The east elevation features three lancets with an oculus in the gable. On the north elevation, the chancel has a three-light window with cusped ogee-headed lights in a square opening to the left of two lancets in moulded reveals. The nave has two lancets flanking a blocked door with a pointed head and chamfered reveals.
Inside, the church is plastered. The chancel has a three-bay panelled timber ceiling with moulded joists, and the east end features a three-window arcade with moulded stone arches on columns with leaf capitals. There is a piscina on the south wall and a timber screen forming a vestry behind the altar. The chancel arch is two-centred with moulded reveals that spring from short columns supported by a carved head on the north and a corbel on the south. The nave has three main bays, with intermediate arched braced collars, double butt purlins, and curved windbraces. A timber bell frame has been inserted into the west bay, and there is a stone tub font.
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