St Nicholas

C13 chancel arch, north chancel arcade, and chancel south wall

C14- C15 tower, aisles, clerestory, porches, and north transeptal chapel.

Moulded string course with gargoyles to centre of each side, coped embattled parapet with 8 crocketed pinnacles.

Aisles have diagonal buttresses and buttresses between bays with offsets, Tudor-arched north and south 3-light windows with trefoiled lights, restored tracery, hollow reveals and hoodmoulds (some windows to north with poor cement repairs of c1986)

Partly restored Tudor-arched 3-light Perpendicular-traceried east window to south aisle.

pointed Tudor-arched 3-light west window similar to aisle windows

Chancel: south side has C13 pointed 3-light window with intersecting tracery, hoodmould and single headstop, restored sill with original sill string course below

Chancel and north chapel east side, in two builds: diagonal buttresses and mid-buttress with offsets, pointed 4-light Perpendicular-traceried window to each side with hoodmould: tablet over chapel window inscribed: The Rev J Lamb Vicar W DARRAND W PETTINGER Churchwardens MDCCCXXVI North side of chapel has single C15 pointed 3-light Perpendicular-traceried window with supertransom, hollow reveal and partly restored mullions.

moulded string course with central gargoyle to north, coped parapet, chimney adjoining chapel with crenellated octagonal shaft.

Nave has 4-bay north arcade and 5-bay south arcade of C13 pointed double-chamfered arches, with the western bay on both sides separated by a short wall.

North arcade: east section has C12 cylindrical piers with scalloped and foliate capitals, square abaci, moulded bases and tall restored plinths

South arcade: C13 east section has central octagonal pier and cylindrical piers with octagonal-shaped backs, with moulded capitals and bases on square pedestals (that to east with carved corners)

west respond with keeled shaft to inner order and C12 nook-shaft to north angle with scalloped capital

west bay has similar keeled east respond with C12 nook-shaft,

C14 octagonal west respond similar to north aisle.

large C19 carved wooden screen to tower

Transept has C15 pointed double-chamfered east arch to chapel with continuous outer chamfer and inner order on octagonal responds with crenellated capitals and moulded bases

North chapel has chamfered ogee recess to north with C15 priest effigy.

Good C15 10-bay nave roof with moulded cranked tie beams, ridge-purlin and single side-purlins, carved bosses with heads, flowers, shields etc. 6-bay roof to north chapel with ovolo-moulded cranked tie beams and purlins.

C19 chancel roof with corbelled wall posts, carved and painted bosses.

C15-C16 oak screen to north transept with moulded posts and rails, containing re-set fielded panels from former C18 box pews

fragment of carved rail from former chancel screen is attached to north side.

Monuments: small inscribed brasses in nave central aisle to Rev Richard Herring of 1712 and wife Bridget of 1711

Good C15 octagonal font with trefoiled panels to bowl and shaft.

Fifteenth century octagonal font with trefoil panels, and a nice display of flowers.

© Julian P Guffogg

C19 ashlar pulpit, C19 commandment tablets in sanctuary in ornate Gothic-style ashlar surrounds.