Parish Church of St Nicholas is a Grade I listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1959. A C13 Church.
Parish Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- rooted-soffit-root
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1959
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Parish Church of St Nicholas, Arne
- OS grid reference
- SY 972 881
- Coordinates
- 50.69278, -2.04047
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St Nicholas is an Anglican parish church located in Arne Village. It dates back to the 13th century and remains largely unaltered. The church features ironstone walls and tiled roofs, with lower courses made of stone slates and a coped gable on the porch. The nave and chancel are combined without a structural division, and there is a south porch. A belfry is formed in the western bay of the nave roof, with no external projection.
The south wall contains two 13th-century lancet windows, while the east window is a triple lancet. The north wall has two 13th-century lancet windows and one square-headed window, along with a 14th-century two-light window in the south wall. There is a blocked doorway in the north wall of the chancel. Inside, the church has a simple tie and collar-beam roof, which is plastered below the common rafters. A 14th-century font is present, although its stonework appears to have been re-cut. Most of the furnishings are from the 19th century. Additionally, there are remains of a medieval wall painting over the door, featuring a simple floral pattern.
Local climate
Parish Church of St Nicholas receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% 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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