Church Of St Nicholas is a Grade II* listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1960. A Medieval Church.
Church Of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- dusk-eave-bittern
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1960
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
BIDDESTONE SLAUGHTERFORD ST 87 SW 4/83 Church of St. Nicholas 20.12.60
GV II*
Anglican parish church, C15, 1823 and 1883. Ashlar with stone tiled roofs and coped gables with saddlestones. West tower, nave and south porch and chancel. Small C15 2-stage tower with 3-sided stair turret rising to bell stage only. Renewed Perpendicular style west window with hoodmould, dripmould under bell-stage with 2-light square headed cusped openings on each face. Pierced stone panelling in each light. Blank panel under west and north side openings. Upper dripmould under embattled parapet with corner pinnacles. Nave, chancel and south porch rebuilt 1823 by G. Forder of Winchester. Hollow eaves moulding. 2 windows to nave north side, one window and embattled porch to south side, chancel with windowless sides and east window. All windows filled with Perpendicular style tracery in 1883. Hoodmoulds over. Plain interior with plastered walls and roofs, chamfered chancel arch and later C19 fittings. Inscription recording 1823 rebuilding after 2 centuries of disuse. (Colvin: Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1978, 313.)
Listing NGR: ST8396173994
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