Church of Saint Nicholas is a Grade I listed building in the Mole Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1966. A Norman Church.
Church of Saint Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- former-shingle-russet
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Mole Valley
- Constituency
- Dorking and Horley MP: Chris Coghlan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 November 1966
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of Saint Nicholas, the Street, Charlwood
- OS grid reference
- TQ 240 411
- Coordinates
- 51.15581, -0.22754
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of Saint Nicholas is a Grade I listed building located on The Street. It dates from the late 13th century, with elements from the 14th and 15th centuries. The church is constructed of sandstone rubble, featuring dressed sandstone quoins and jowls, with a roof that is partly covered in Horsham stone and partly in clay tiles.
The layout includes a chancel with a south chapel, a central tower, a nave with an aisle, and a south porch. The original church comprised the northern section of the current structure, which included a nave, a central tower, and a chancel, all of Norman origin. The arches of the tower and most of the nave are from this period. The chancel was enlarged in the 14th century, and the south aisle, which is now the nave, was added in the late 13th century. The south chapel, now serving as the chancel, was built around 1480 by Agnes, the widow of William Richard Saunders. The south porch was also added in the late 15th century and was restored by William Burgess in 1858.
Notable features include a stone sundial on the south porch dated 1741, a crown post roof, a 15th-century parclose screen, and late 13th-century wall paintings in the south aisle of the nave. There is also a brass located in the chancel. The churchyard contains a fine collection of 18th-century chest tombs, some with sculptured marble panels, as well as 19th-century oval bodystones, early 19th-century headstones adorned with palm fronds and acroteria motifs or cherub motifs, and wooden headboards.
Local climate
Church of Saint Nicholas receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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