Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II* listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- standing-obsidian-dawn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Nicholas, Ozleworth
- OS grid reference
- ST 794 932
- Coordinates
- 51.63802, -2.2987
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Nicholas is a small Anglican church that is no longer in use. It likely has its origins in the 12th century, with the chancel being extended in the 14th century. The nave was lengthened and the entire structure was restored in 1873 by Reverend W.H. Lowder. The church is built of random coursed stone and features a stone slate roof that has sprockets at the tower and coped end verges, although some areas were undergoing repair at the time of the survey in April 1986.
The church has a central hexagonal tower, a chancel, a nave, and a south porch. The tower includes a two-light window on each face of the upper section, with a central shaft that has a voluted capital and cable-mould necking set within an arched recess that features chamfered abaci. On the north side of the chancel, there are two cusped single lights and a central priest's door with a trefoil head. The nave has two single lights and a blocked, chamfered, round-headed doorway from an earlier period. The south side has similar window arrangements. The east window features a two-light ogee head design.
The gabled south porch has an inner doorway with two orders; the inner order is similar to that on the north side, while the outer order includes shafts with stiff leaf capitals and additional decorative work that is likely from the 19th century. The church is currently vested in the Redundant Churches Fund and was under repair at the time of the survey. The interior was not accessible, but for a detailed description, reference is made to David Verey's "Buildings of England - Gloucestershire: the Cotswolds," published in 1979.
Local climate
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 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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