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St Nicholas

St Nicholas

City Centre

Bristol

Mid C14, completely rebuilt above the crypt 1769, by James Bridges, steeple and interior by Thomas Paty.

Architectural Features

below a moulded string are C14 rubble crypt walls with quatrefoil openings.

Seven bay north elevation, a re-set C15 three-light mullion window in the east bay and an inserted C20 door to the west of that

The fine mid C14 crypt is four bays with tierceron vaulting and good animate and foliate bosses, on triple attached shafts to the aisles with foliate capitals, and continuous moulding to the arcade

at the east end is an arched panel with good figure stops and a hexafoil panel FITTINGS: C18 baluster-shaped font

brass eagle lectern c1480.

Memorials: C16 wall memorial with a panelled base, flanking buttresses with pinnacles, an arch over with panelled soffit and an effigy on one elbow.

HISTORICAL NOTE: The mid C14 church was demolished in 1762