Church of St Nicholas
CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1088838
- Date first listed:
- 06-Sept-1954
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1088838
- Date first listed:
- 06-Sept-1954
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Cotswold (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Cherington
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 90275 98552
Details
ST 99 NW CHERINGTON CHERINGTON VILLAGE
4/52 6.9.54 Church of St. Nicholas
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Parish church. C12 foundation; chancel rebuilt in mid C13, other medieval alterations and two C19 restorations, 1816, and particularly 1881. Rubble stone, squared on tower, Cotswold stone slate roof except for nave lead roof. Chancel, nave with south transept and north porch, west tower. Tower battlemented and in 3 stages, stepping in slightly at each offset. Twin square-headed stone belfry louvres on top stage. West side has 3-light ogee window on bottom stage and single-light ogee on middle stage. Early English chancel with 3 lancets linked by string course to north, 2 to south and 2-light Decorated in corner with transept. Nave has 3-light ogee C19 windows flanking large gabled porch and small quatrefoil adjoining chancel to north side, 2 large Decorated windows also C19 on south side. Interior: Shallow nave roof repitched c1500 of 4-bays with chamfered tie-beams and Perpendicular arcading, supported on carved struts on stone corbels. Early Plate tracery in east window with small Norman piscina and C13 double piscina above. Low wide arch to south transept with vestiges of mural paintings in reveal of east window of transept. C18 communion rail. Many monuments of C17 and C18, particularly wall mounted in chancel. (David Verey, Buildings of England: Gloucestershire - The Cotswolds, 1979). - - -
Listing NGR: ST9026698550
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 128328
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Verey, D, The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire The Cotswolds, (1979)
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