Church of St Nicholas
CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, THE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1320070
- Date first listed:
- 27-May-1964
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Nicholas
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, THE STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1320070
- Date first listed:
- 27-May-1964
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Nicholas
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, THE STREET
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, THE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Wilsford
- National Grid Reference:
- SU1022457225
Details
WILSFORD THE STREET
SU 15 NW (north side)
2/167 Church of St. Nicholas
27.5.64
II*
Anglican parish church. C13 and C15, restored 1864 and 1960.
Limestone ashlar with slate roofs. Chancel rendered flint and
malmstone. Nave and south porch, chancel, and west tower. Nave
has 3-light C15 windows between buttresses. Gabled porch,
reconstructed in 1864. South door with casement moulding, early
C15, and moulded cornice over. Corresponding north door blocked.
East end of north wall has blocked arch to former chapel,
demolished 1959, and includes reset C13 doorway. Chancel C13, low,
with south priest's door and lancets, triple at the east end. West
tower of 3 stages with angle buttresses, much repaired c1960.
Three-light west window with niche over, and pierced transennae to
two-light bell stage. Quatrefoil frieze at base offset, fleur-de-
lys frieze below crenellated parapet. Stair in south-east corner,
with sundial high on south face. Gargoyles.
Interior: Nave has 4-bay open trusses roof of 1864 on carved
corbels. Tall hollow-moulded tower arch and lower but wider
chancel arch. Chancel has low C15 roof with moulded principals and
purlins, and deep moulded wall plates. Blocked squint to former
chapel and arched piscina with clover-leaf sinking. A splendid
example of a modest medieval chancel that rarely escaped C19
restoration. Fittings: Font, under tower arch, deep octagonal
drum on short pedestal. Pulpit and sanctuary rail, C19.
Monuments: In chancel; five wall tablets. South side: White
marble oval on black oval, urn over. To Elizabeth Chandler, died
1794. North side, from east: (a) White marble tablet with urn
over against grey pyramid. To Elizabeth Layland, died 1810. (b)
Identical, to Thomas Chandler, died 1797. (c) Marble scroll
against slate, by Salmon of Devizes. To John Hayward, died 1869.
(d) White marble against slate, to Henry Horton, died 1975. In
nave, 3 tablets on north side, from east: (e) White marble tablet
with cornice, by Osmund of Sarum. To George Benson, died 1819.
(f) Gabled tablet on gabled slate backing, by R. Davis of Bath.
To Harry Hayward, died 1855. (g) White tablet against grey. To
John Hayward, died 1824 and family. Furniture: Small C17 chest
under tower.
(Church Guide, 1980; Pevsner, Buildings of England - Wiltshire.)
Listing NGR: SU1022457225
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 311117
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Church of St Nicholas Wilsford Church Guide, (1980)
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Wiltshire, (1975)
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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