Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II* listed building in the East Hampshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1963. A Medieval Church.

Church of St Nicholas

WRENN ID
guardian-cloister-lichen
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
East Hampshire
Constituency
East Hampshire MP: Damian Hinds (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 May 1963
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St Nicholas, Kingsley
OS grid reference
SU 778 378
Coordinates
51.13466, -0.88865
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Nicholas is a mortuary chapel that dates back to the 14th century, with most of the structure being from 1778. It is built of brick, with some ironstone, and features a tiled roof. The church has a single-cill design, retaining its medieval east wall and west end. The roof is plain, with a slightly steeper pitch on the western section, which includes a boarded bell-turret topped with a shingled spire.

The main walls, constructed in 1778, are made of brickwork in Flemish bond and feature brick dentil eaves, cambered openings, and a double-stepped plinth with stone offsets. The east wall is cemented and has a Gothic window with two cusped lights below a roundel. The west wall is made of ironstone and has a plain round-headed doorway, while the upper part is brickwork in Flemish bond with headers. The side windows are leaded lights set in oak casements, and there is a brick gabled porch. A stone plaque dated 1778 is also present.

Inside, the church is plastered and has a flat ceiling with coved sides and ribs that end in rosettes. The east wall features painted early 19th-century prescriptions in four panels. There is a Mortuary Crib from the late 18th century, which consists of a rectangular railed enclosure with six brass sconces for candles above the main posts. The interior also includes a panelled 18th-century pulpit, a plain stone tub font from the 11th century with a wrought-iron cover, a gallery from 1800 with an irregular panelled front, a chest from around 1300, and four mid-19th-century brass candle holders mounted on plain bench pews.

Local climate

Church of St Nicholas receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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