Description

SU 44 SW LONGPARISH MIDDLETON
20-12-60
4/55 Church of St. Nicholas

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Parish church. Circa 1200, C13, C15, C18, restored 1857. Nave of
C 1200, having 4 bays with aisles, C13 chancel with Victorian north
vestry, slightly-inset C15 west tower, Victorian south porch, with
a north 'transept' opposite (accommodating the organ). Tile roof,
extending at a flatter slope over the aisles. Walls of mixed flint
and stone rubble, with stone dressings; buttresses, plinth: small
lancets to the chancel, the other windows being of the restoration
period, with triple lancets below an ogee arch (to the nave) and
traceried windows to the east and west ends. The tower has 3 stages,
with massive diagonal buttresses, the walls being chequered flint and
stone. The small south porch is timber-framed. Within, the
Transitional arcade rests on cylindrical columns, there is a pillar
piscina, a C18 font with an oval basin resting on a square baluster, and
several wall monuments.

Listing NGR: SU4245443931

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17528575

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