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Church of St Nicholas

A Grade II* Listed Building in Alcester, Warwickshire

  • Greville tomb

  • Church of St Nicholas, Alcester

  • St Nicholas: mostly c18 church except c14 tower of Arden sandstone with c18 parapet

  • St Nicholas: classical interior of c.1730 with Doric columns on pedestals; east end of 1870

  • St Nicholas: alabaster monument to Fulke Greville, d.1559, & wife Elizabeth Willoughby de Broke, d.1562

  • St Nicholas: Fulke Greville, d.1559; full plate armour

  • St Nicholas: Elizabeth (Willoughby de Broke), d.1562, wife of Fulke Greville, d.1559

  • St Nicholas: weepers from the monument to Fulke Greville, d.1559; three sons on the south side, the eldest in armour

  • St Nicholas: weepers from the monument to Fulke Greville, d.1559; four daughters on the north side

  • St Nicholas: shield from the monument to Fulke Greville, d.1559, showing his wife's Willoughby quarterings

  • St Nicholas: part of inscription from the monument to Fulke Greville, d.1559, & wife Elizabeth Willoughby

  • St Nicholas: memorial to Francis Ingram Seymour Conway, 2nd Marquess of Hertford, d.1828

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Entry Name: Church of St Nicholas

Listing Date: 1 February 1967

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1200612

English Heritage Legacy ID: 305201

ID on this website: 101200612

Location: St Nicholas's Church, Alcester, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, B49

County: Warwickshire

District: Stratford-on-Avon

Civil Parish: Alcester

Built-Up Area: Alcester

Traditional County: Warwickshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Warwickshire

Church of England Parish: Alcester St Nicholas

Church of England Diocese: Coventry

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