Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1956. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- lunar-latch-linden
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1956
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Nicholas, Stawley
- OS grid reference
- ST 078 223
- Coordinates
- 50.993, -3.31481
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II* listed building, dating from around 1500 with a mid-17th century addition, and was restored in 1875. It is constructed of red sandstone random rubble, with a rendered tower and 19th-century tiled roofs. The church features a three-bay nave with a chapel extending from the south aisle, a south porch, and a west tower, along with a 17th-century north projection.
The three-stage tower has a crenellated parapet and setback buttresses that are unrendered. It includes a Tudor arch doorway with a three-light window above, which is reticulated like the east window. The south window is a three-light square-headed window with Tudor arch heads. A gabled 19th-century porch provides access to the west door of the south aisle. On the north side, there is an annex that has a blocked doorway dated 1659, featuring gothic survival two-light trefoil-headed, ovolo moulded windows.
Inside, the church is plastered, with a major feature being a two-bay wooden arcade that was restored in the 19th century, showcasing Tudor arches. There is a wide semi-circular entry into the north projection with a moulded arch, a priest's door to the north, a piscina in the south chapel, and two brasses commemorating Richard and Agnes Bluett, a farmer who died in 1524, though their epitaphs are missing. The wooden pulpit is dated 1616, and there is a Perpendicular pedestal font along with a 17th-century door. Roger Wood of Overtown, Kittisford, bequeathed £200 in his will of 3 September 1657 for the construction of a new aisle in the church, which led to the creation of the north annex.
Local climate
Church of St Nicholas receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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