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St Nicholas

Biddestone

Wiltshire

Anglican Parish church, C12, C13, C14 and mid-C19

Architectural Features

Saddlestone to nave west gable, crosses to chancel and sanctuary gables and fine C13 bell-turret to nave east end

stone, cross plan with nook-shafted posts carrying a short C15 octagonal stone spire with dripmould base and moulded cap carrying C20 weathervane

Nave: west window with intersected tracery and hood, C14 restored 1935

C15 cusped 2-light with quatrefoil head

C14 south porch with chamfered 2 order arch and hood over

C12 south doorway with 2 columns with carved caps to plain arch framing stone tympanum with cross in beaded circle

C15 4-light flat headed window with damaged cusping to lights

Hoodmould with carved square stops

Chancel: south side, one C14 2-light cusped window with quatrefoil head and C12 single arched light in splayed surround

Similar C12 window to chancel north side and a blocked C13 single light

C12 font, circular with band of zig-zag ornament

C14 doorway to north vestry

Stained glass of 1938 to north window and c1906 to south 4-light window

C19 wood pulpit

C15 chancel arch, slightly pointed, moulded continuously

In nave C17, C18 and early C19 plaques. (Pevsner N: Wiltshire 1975, 110-111).

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