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Saint Nicholas

Charlwood

Surrey

Church of St Nicholas TQ 2441 5/62 11.11.66 I 2. Norman, late C13, C14 and C15

Architectural Features

Built of sandstone rubble with dressed sandstone quoins and jowls and roof partly of Horsham stone and partly of clay tiles

The original church was the north section of the present building, consisting of a Nave, a Central Tower and A Chancel, which were Norman

The Chancel was enlarged in the C14 and the South Aisle, now the Nave, was added in the late C13

The South Chapel, now the Chancel, was built by Agnes, widow of William Richard Saunders about 1480 and the South Porch was also added in the late C15 and restored by William Burgess in 1858

C15 parclose screen

Late C13 wall paintings in the South Aisle of the Nave

Brass in Chancel

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