Parish Church of St Nicholas and St Faith is a Grade I listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 January 1952. A Medieval Church.

Parish Church of St Nicholas and St Faith

WRENN ID
rusted-cellar-heron
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 January 1952
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Parish Church of St Nicholas and St Faith, Station Road, Saltash
OS grid reference
SX 431 588
Coordinates
50.40817, -4.20936
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Parish Church of St Nicholas and St Faith has Norman origins, particularly evident in the north tower loft located to the north of the nave. The church was remodeled in the 14th and 15th centuries and is constructed of rubble with slate roofs. It features a nave and a north aisle, comprising a total of five bays with perpendicular and intersecting tracery. The gabled south porch includes an early 17th-century doorway adorned with a moulded label, carved spandrels, and a niche above, indicating it is likely pre-1558. Inside the porch, there is a moulded holy water strip. A blocked Norman south door is roughly central and features a blind tympanum. Additionally, there is a large gabled 15th-century chapel to the south. The church has double plastered wagon roofs and a square plan font that was removed from Wedgeworthy Farm, which, like Shillingha, Erth Barton, and others, may have had its own chapel.

Local climate

Parish Church of St Nicholas and St Faith sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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