Church of St Nicholas
CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, CHURCH HILL
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1117400
- Date first listed:
- 26-Jan-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Nicholas
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, CHURCH HILL
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2001-05-07
- Reference:
- IOE01/04037/04
- Rights:
- © Mr Noel Hannan. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1117400
- Date first listed:
- 26-Jan-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Nicholas
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, CHURCH HILL
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, CHURCH HILL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wokingham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- St. Nicholas, Hurst
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 79486 72972
Details
SU 77SE,
5/13
ST NICHOLAS HURST,
CHURCH HILL (north side),
Church Of St. Nicholas
26.1.67
GV
I
Parish Church. Early C13, rebuilt externally C19 by W. Fellows Prynne. Mainly flint
with stone dressings, tile roof. Consists of chancel, north and south chapels,
nave, aisles, south porch and west tower. The tower of 1612, brick, has 3 stages
moulded stone strings, battlemented parapet and central cupola with ogee roof and
wrought iron weather vane. Chancel restored and refurbished 1903, roof original,
restored, the beam above rood screen supports four panels of carved wood tracery
Nave, restored 1876, has a 3 bay transitional north arcade, centre pier of 2
diameters, the lower and larger has a scalloped top, the upper a plain cap. Other
piers have scalloped caps. Nave roof has collar purlin with arch braces and
moulded crown posts. Roof to both aisles similar, restored. North aisle has 3 Early
English lancet windows in rebuilt walling. South aisle mainly C19. Across the
chancel opening and the aisles, a C17 carved screen including to lower part arms
of James I. Pulpit also early C17 and adjoining is a wrought iron hour glass holder
dated 1636. The font is late Decorated with panelled octagonal bowl, ogee tracery,
small corner shafts each supporting an angel under angle on base of clustered
shafts standing on 2 stone steps.
MONUMENTS North wall of Chancel:- An elaborate wall monument to Henry Barker
of Hurst died 1651.
South wall of Chancel:- A large marble oval panel to Robert Palmer
died 1757.
North wall of North Chapel:- A tall panelled plinth to Lady Margaret
Savile died 1631, widow of Sir Henry Savile, Provost of Eton, founder
of the Savilion professorships at Oxford. A brass to Alice died 1600,
daughter of Richard Ward, wife of Thomas Harrison. Below a brass to
Richard Kippax died 1625, one time examiner in the Starr Chamber.
South wall of North Chapel:- Large wall monument to Sir Richard and
Lady Harrison, 1683.
The altar of the chapel is flanked by good C17 and Cl8 tablets and
cartouches.Set in the floor are six C17 tombstones.
At the west end of the north aisle is an altar tomb with black marble
top to Richard Bigg of Haineshill died 1677.
Listing NGR: SU7948672976
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 41220
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 13-Jun-2026 at 01:55:57.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.