Church of St Nicholas
CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, HARDENHUISH LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1268098
- Date first listed:
- 22-Jun-1978
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Nicholas
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, HARDENHUISH LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1268098
- Date first listed:
- 22-Jun-1978
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Nicholas
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, HARDENHUISH LANE
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, HARDENHUISH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Chippenham
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 90966 74748
Details
CHIPPENHAM
ST97SW HARDENHUISH LANE 930-1/1/39 Church of St Nicholas 22/06/78
II*
Parish Church. c1779. By John Wood the Younger, of Bath. Limestone ashlar with slate roof. STYLE: Classical. PLAN: rectangular. EXTERIOR: square central entrance tower flanked by wider stair turrets at the west end; splayed bay to the apse. A balustraded parapet surrounds the building except the tower. Semicircular-arched windows with Y tracery to the 2nd stage of the 3-stage tower. A flight of steps flanked by cast-iron railings leads up to double doors of 3 panels with a moulded architrave and bracketed pediment, below a clock and tall window, similar windows to the returns. A stepped string course and modillion cornice support an octagonal belfry. This has 4 semicircular bell-openings flanked by engaged columns supporting an entablature and octagonal-domed lead roof, ball finial and weather vane. The tower is flanked by stair turrets with semicircular arched niches below sunk panels; to the sides similar features are glazed. The nave has Venetian windows with balustraded aprons; 2 to the south side, 2 to the north side except one toward the front is without side lights. The apse, flanked by lead rainwater heads and downpipes, has semicircular-arched recesses. INTERIOR: not inspected but reported to have detached columns to the Venetian windows and carved garlands to a frieze; painted Lord's Prayer, Commandments and Creed to the apse. The originally projected centralised plan with polygonal apse, side walls each with a Venetian window and a polygonal west entrance, was not carried out. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Cherry B: Wiltshire 2nd Edition: London: 1967-1975: 264).
Listing NGR: ST9096674748
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 462236
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Wiltshire, (1975), 264
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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