Church of St Nicholas is a Grade I listed building in the Dartford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1967. A C14 Church.
Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- muted-trefoil-ebony
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartford
- Constituency
- Dartford MP: Jim Dickson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1967
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Nicholas, Church Street, Southfleet
- OS grid reference
- TQ 613 711
- Coordinates
- 51.41652, 0.31935
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Nicholas is a Grade I listed building located on Church Street in Southfleet. It dates back to the 14th century, with some 15th-century windows, and was restored in 1867. The church is constructed of flint, featuring a west tower with three stages made of flint and ragstone arranged in a chequerwork pattern. The tower includes a higher northeast octagonal stair turret and a crenellated parapet. The structure comprises a chancel, nave, and aisle, all topped with three equally sized gables, along with a south porch.
Inside, the church has a decorated interior that includes a piscina and triple sedilia with ogee arches. The south aisle contains some fragments of sculpture. There is a Perpendicular font and stalls featuring misericords. Some 14th-century tiles can be found near the sedilia, and the pulpit is made up of Jacobean panels. The church also has wall paintings of Latimer and Ridley, which may date to the 18th century. Additionally, there are several brasses located in the chancel and south aisle, along with a large alabaster wall monument dedicated to John Sedley, who died in 1605.
Local climate
Church of St Nicholas sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% 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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