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St Nicholas

St Nicholas

Barton-le-Clay

Bedfordshire

Church of St Nicholas TL 03 SE 2/12 3.2.67 I GV 2. Piecemeal development from C12 to C15 of chancel, nave with north and south aisles, and western tower

Architectural Features

The chancel windows are modernised in C13 detail. it has a sedilia, piscina and tomb recess, as well as C11 floor tiles around the altar and two C14 brasses

The 4-bay nave is a mid-C13 expansion one bay west of an originally aisleless nave given its aisles in stages during the C13 and C14

The nave was heightened and the present roof added in the late C15

Font is C12 altered C15

The C15 west tower has pairs of corner buttresses and 2 offsets, and a tierceron-star vault within.