Description

SP 82 SW CUBLINGTON HIGH STREET

5/10 Church of St. Nicholas

18.10.66

GV II*

Parish church. Early C15, restored. Coursed rubble limestone with
some greensand, repairs in brick and tile. Some brick buttresses.
C20 tile roofs. West tower, nave, C19 S. porch, N. porch now
vestry, chancel. W. tower has altered ashlar parapet, diagonal buttresses,
and arched openings to bell chamber, each opening with 2 lights, that
to S. with blind tracery in tympanum. W. side has 2-light Decorated
window in deeply splayed and multi-chamfered surround. Nave has
2 bays of restored 2-light traceried windows flanking N. and 5 doors.
N. porch has blocked semi-circular arch with paired leaded casement.
S. door has moulded 2-centred arch. S. porch has altered C19 wooden
door frame with Tudor arch. Chancel has 2 bays of much restored
2-light traceried windows and 3-light Perpendicular window to E. S.side
has small blocked low-side window. Interior: tall triple-chamfered
tower arch, double-chamfered chancel arch with inner order on corbels
with carved figures. Chancel has C15 niches with battlemented canopies
and C19 carved figures of saints flanking E. window. Small restored
piscina with trefoil head. Fittings: C17 chair, some C17 pews to
rear of nave, C12 chest, C18 royal coat of arms over S. door. Font,
pulpit and other fittings are C19. Monuments: 2 small C15 brasses
with inscriptions; marble wall monument to Bernard Turney and
family 1686 with flanking Ionic columns, entablature and segmental
pediment with coat of arms.

RCHM II p.98-99

Listing NGR: SP8387622202

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17539212

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)