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St Nicholas

St Nicholas

Silton

Dorset

Parish Church, late C12 arcade, C14

Architectural Features

C15 chancel, south aisle, west tower

north chapel, C17 north nave wall insert, general restoration of 1869.

embattled parapet with string course bearing corner gargoyles

North chapel has embattled parapet and string course with gargoyles.

South porch has moulded, 4-centred arch in square surround and has carved foliage in the spandrels.

Porch has arch braced collar beam roof with carved wall plate and bosses.

C19 wooden pulpit

C19 octagonal stone font

C19 glass

C17/C18 and C19 monuments, the most notable being that to Sir Hugh Wyndham kt, 1692

this monument has statue of judge with mourners flanked by composite columns with spiral shafts supporting segmental canopy

C16 wagon roofs to nave and aisles with moulded members and carved bosses and wall-plates

chapel has stone fan-vault springing from carved angel corbels.