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St Nicholas

St Nicholas

Glatton

Cambridgeshire

Nave arcades C1230-40, late C13 north transept.

Architectural Features

Early C14 chancel

south aisles/in late C15 the chancel partly rebuilt and lengthened, the nave arcade and clerestory and the upper walls of the south transept heightened.

West tower: arches late C14

late C15 or early C16 upper stages.

Early C16 north aisle extended westwards, south aisle lengthened and widened.

Early C16 vaulted north vestry, rood loft and staircase.

moulded plinth and embattled parapet with a gargoyle to each centre and band of quatrefoils below, large heraldic beasts to each corner, clasping buttresses rise to third stage

South aisle with moulded plinth and embattled parapet with strings below of C14 grotesque faces and ball-flower ornament

three reset C14 windows of two pointed lights with a pierced spandrel and moulded label

south doorway C15 with moulded jambs, four-centred head and moulded label. chancel, late C15 cinquefoil-light window with trefoil spandrels in a four-centred head with moulded label, still stepped to earlier low-side C14 window with two pointed lights pierced spandrel and two-centre head with moulded label and carved stops.

Interior: north and south arcades almost similar, of three bays c1230-40 heightened and rebuilt with semi-circular arches of two chamfered orders, piers and responds with C15 moulded octagonal capitals

C13 moulded bases.

In the north-east angle of the nave is the C16 rood-loft doorway.

late C15 of two moulded orders, the outer springing from chamfered responds and the inner from attached semi octagonal shafts with moulded capitals.

The north C16 doorway has moulded jambs and a four-centred head with oak studded door and with integral vertical ribs and strap hinges.

to chancel incorporating some c1500 timbers, nave roof of three bays inscribed 'ANNO 1615' with moulded tiebeams, moulded purlins, wall plates and short king posts, each tie beam carved with a heart and wheel on each face

Six brackets, some of carved earlier material.

Font, octagonal bowl replacement to late C15 octagonal stem base and step.

Early C14 mullioned locker, niches and recesses in north transept and north vestry.

Piscina, early C14 with chamfered jambs and trefoiled head.

C15 sedillia.

seating in nave, sixteen benches with carved poppy heads, C15.

Paintings, late C15 or early C16 of St Mary Magdalene and Christ rising from the tomb.

For monuments and floor slabs see RCHM and VCH.