Church Of St Nicholas

SHALDON

SX9272 RINGMORE ROAD, Ringmore 25-1/6/24 (North side) 30/06/49 Church of St Nicholas

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Parish church. C13 origin, largely rebuilt 1622; recorded as being remodelled by 1790 when north wall rebuilt and church extended 9m towards the river; some C19 alteration, but substantially renovated in 1903 when it was designated as a chapel of ease and St Peter's Church (qv) was built in Shaldon. MATERIALS: red sandstone rubble, slate roof. PLAN: Rectangular with south porch and vestry to the north. EXTERIOR: the C13 east end has 5 splayed lancet windows, graduated from the taller centre. North wall with 2 pointed arched windows. One lancet window to west end. West end has one lancet and 2 pointed arched windows to right. INTERIOR: rere-arch to east window with small red sandstone voussoirs over larger freestone voussoirs and plain splayed reveals. Plaster stripped off to interior, revealing C13 rubble masonry to south and west, with quoins of medieval window to east of south wall, and medieval masonry to west window and west of south wall; rere-arches to all other openings are C19/early C20. Approx 1m high Devon marble lining to the sanctuary partly obscures a piscina to the right. c1903 5-bay planked roof with boxed-in trusses and black and white marble floor. FITTINGS: include the bowl of a Saxon or early Norman font reclaimed from the churchyard when the font of 1620 was disposed of in 1881. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Cherry B: Devon: London: 1989-: 801).

Listing NGR: SX9238972316