Parish Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1959. A Medieval Church.

Parish Church of St Nicholas

WRENN ID
far-zinc-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 November 1959
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Parish Church of St Nicholas, Chaldon Herring
OS grid reference
SY 790 831
Coordinates
50.64729, -2.29828
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Parish Church of St Nicholas is a church with origins dating back to the 14th century, which has been partly rebuilt and enlarged in the 19th century. It features stone walls, with roofs that are partly tiled and partly stone slated. The church has gabled roofs with parapets and consists of a nave, a south aisle with three bays, a chancel that includes an organ chamber on the south side, a west tower, and a north porch. The nave, porch, and tower are from the 14th century, while the chancel, aisle, and organ chamber were added in the 19th century.

The tower has two stages, with the lower stage supported by angle buttresses. It includes small slit windows on the north and south walls, although the south wall window has been built up. There is a two-light late 14th century window in the west wall, and the upper stage, or belfry, features 14th century two-light windows. The tower is topped with a parapet that has battlements. The north porch has a moulded 14th century arch leading to the doorway. The north wall of the nave contains square-headed 14th century windows with two and three lights, some of which were renewed in the 19th century.

The chancel, which was rebuilt in the 19th century, incorporates a re-used 14th century traceried three-light window in the east wall, along with two-light windows in the north and south walls. Inside, all the roofs are from the 19th century and made of pine. The church has a plain cylindrical font from the 12th century and several 18th century monuments located at the base of the tower. Other internal fittings are all from the 19th century. The churchyard contains several 18th century headstones and one table tomb with ornamental iron railings.

Local climate

Parish Church of St Nicholas receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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