Greek Orthodox Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 27 February 1991. Church.
Greek Orthodox Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- sunken-obsidian-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 27 February 1991
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Greek Orthodox Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building designed in the Byzantine style. It features a Greek Cross layout with a central lantern, a saucer dome, and an apsidal eastern end. The church includes an ambulatory and a narthex, with lead roofs covering the cupolas at the corners of the western front, while the rebuilt dome has a modern felt roof and is tile hung. A brick chimney stack is also present. The windows predominantly consist of leaded small-pane glazing, with modern two-light dome windows.
The central section of the gabled western front has a segmental-headed window, which is divided into three lights by giant order pilasters that flank the main entrance below. The entrance features triangular-headed tracery and three semicircular-headed doorways, each adorned with fishscale type ornamentation on the recessed stone tympani, and panelled doors. At the apex of the gable, there is a timber bracketed bellcote, with a bell dated 1988 located to the right of the entrance. To either side of the entrance are low, polygonal corner 'towers' topped with cupolas, which have tall round-headed windows and toothed cornices; the right tower contains a gallery staircase. The side elevations are supported by simple buttresses and feature round-headed windows, with advanced voussoir arches beneath the dome and a blocked doorway on the northern side. The apse is stepped with three windows and has a toothed cornice, along with a priest's doorway on the southern side. Steps lead down to a cellar on the southern side.
Inside, the church maintains a similar architectural style and is accessed through the narthex. The main area of the church beneath the dome is separated from the sanctuary by a tripartite iconostasis, which has a gated segmental arch at the center and marble effect on the dividing piers. Originally, the dome was decorated with painted imagery depicting the Pantochrist at the center and the four evangelists in the corners, which are not of pendative form. There is a gallery at the western end, originally designated for women, featuring a grid pattern timber front. The altar, which is pedimented, is positioned against a blocked doorway on the northern side, and old seating along the side walls has been retained. The Bishop's throne is dated 1929. The sanctuary features a tunnel-vaulted roof, while the flanking areas of the apse have flat ceilings, and some colored glass is present.
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