Church Of St Nicholas

SU 44 SW LONGPARISH MIDDLETON 20-12-60 4/55 Church of St. Nicholas

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Parish church. Circa 1200, C13, C15, C18, restored 1857. Nave of C 1200, having 4 bays with aisles, C13 chancel with Victorian north vestry, slightly-inset C15 west tower, Victorian south porch, with a north 'transept' opposite (accommodating the organ). Tile roof, extending at a flatter slope over the aisles. Walls of mixed flint and stone rubble, with stone dressings; buttresses, plinth: small lancets to the chancel, the other windows being of the restoration period, with triple lancets below an ogee arch (to the nave) and traceried windows to the east and west ends. The tower has 3 stages, with massive diagonal buttresses, the walls being chequered flint and stone. The small south porch is timber-framed. Within, the Transitional arcade rests on cylindrical columns, there is a pillar piscina, a C18 font with an oval basin resting on a square baluster, and several wall monuments.

Listing NGR: SU4245443931