Church Of St Nicholas

ST 76 SE WINSLEY WINSLEY VILLAGE

3/334 Church of St Nicholas

13.ll.62

GV II

Anglican parish church with C15 tower, the rest rebuilt 1841 by R.S. Pope of Bristol. Ashlar with slate roofs, coped gables and finials. Almost detached three-stage saddleback-gabled tower, formerly at west end of medieval church, now attached by short link to south west angle of new church. Diagonal buttresses, plinth, string courses, cornice with gargoyles and gabled parapet. Two- light bell-openings each side except south which has canted stair tower reaching into gable. Three-light west window, Perpendicular style. East side, refaced with pointed door and numerous re-sited plaques. Shafted wave/hollow moulded tower arch blocked within. North side link has open pointed archway below an enclosed passage with lancet each side. 1841 church has plinth, diagonal buttresses, moulded parapet, short chancel and large south porch. West end is treated as for a nave-and-aisles plan: slightly advanced centre with 3-light window and single lancets each side. Three-window nave of large pointed Perpendicular style 2-light windows with leaded lights and hoodmoulds. Porch is heavily coped with finial and moulded pointed arch. Heavily moulded arch to south door within, both arches with double panelled doors. Chancel has gutter on corbels instead of parapet and 3-light east window. Interior: aisleless with 6-bay roof, timber trusses with some cusping and iron tie-rods, plain west gallery. Plain chancel arch. Chancel has mid C19 encaustic paving extended out into nave with stone rail and High Victorian style timber pulpit on stone base. East window has Gothic panels flanking with Commandments painted and c1924 stained glass. C15 panelled octagonal stone font. (N. Pevsner Wiltshire 1975 589)

Listing NGR: ST7991860973