St Nicholas

C14 additions.

PLAN: the church comprises a chancel and nave (both of Norman date and belonging to Lanfranc's original foundation), with a tower and north aisle added in the C12

a south aisle of the C14.

The west front features a Norman doorway with a zigzag moulding, and a square-headed three-light Perpendicular window above.

INTERIOR: the interior features Transitional Norman arcades, partly remodelled in the C14, with some Norman carved capitals surviving.

The roof is of C14 crown-post type.

The belfry, reached by a flight of medieval solid-tread stairs, contains four bells: one of c.1450 cast by William Chamberlain,

three of 1614-22 by Joseph Hatch.

Other early features include C14 wall-paintings and stained glass in the chancel, simple timber benches in the nave and an octagonal font with carved beasts and blind Perpendicular tracery to the shaft.

A treasury at the end of the north aisle displays artefacts from the medieval hospital.