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St Nicholas

Architectural Features

C13 tower, south aisle and alterations

C15 transepts, clerestory and alterations

3 stepped east lancets with moulded sill course are C13

South windows are C15 Perpendicular with deep hollow-chamfered jambs, moulded tracery and hood moulds

Nave has 2 blocked simple C11 round arches of irregular voussoirs

Western arch has C11/C12 small, simple, chamfered Romanesque doorway with imposts and C19 plank door with decorative ironwork

Nave has tall C14 three-light window with cusped intersecting tracery and hood mould with head stops

C15 Perpendicular moulded doorway inside has wide hollow-chamfered segmental arch, spandrels with blind tracery, hood mould and C19 double-leaf doors

Moulded cornice and embattled parapet with a gargoyle at each corner

C15 piscina on octagonal shaft at foot of east jamb of south-east window

3-bay C13 south arcade of 2 chamfered orders has round piers with moulded bases on large octagonal pedestals, and stiff-leaf capitals

C13 font has compound shaft with nailhead ornament, and bowl with simple trefoiled blind arcading

Brass eagle lectern dated 1905

Late C19/early C20 octagonal wood pulpit and rood screen

C19 stained glass

Monuments: tomb recess in chancel has C15 tomb chest with miniature buttresses and 4 arched panels, and incised cross on top

Wall monument above has shield of arms above a stone panel within a stepped moulded stone frame

Inscription to Peter Aileworth (1595) and his wife Anne (1611). Small wall monument near north-east corner: William Harborne 1658

Fine large Neo-Classical figure of Justice in high relief, in low relief shaped panel with volutes and drops and draped urn above