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St Nicholas

St Nicholas

Nether Compton

Dorset

C13 nave, chancel and south porch.

Architectural Features

C15, north chapel and west tower added.

Clay-tile roofs.

The restored C15 east window is of two tre- foiled lights in a four-centred head.

North wall has a C13 lancet window now lighting the vestry.

South wall has a C15 window of two cinquefoiled lights in a square head.

The C15 doorway has chamfered jambs and two-centred head.

Nave¼ South wall has 2 C15 windows of 3 cinquefoiled lights in square heads, and a C19 central window.

The south porch has a C13 outer archway, two-centred and of two chamfered orders, the outer continuous and the inner springing from corbel-shaftes with moulded capitals and fluted bases.

West tower,C15, 3 stages with a moulded plinth embattled parapet, angle-pinnacles and gargoyles, and an embattled turret at the north-east angle.

C15 west window of 3 cinquefoiled lights, in a two-centred head.

The north chapel has a C15 west bay and a C19 extension to the east, built of partly re-used material.

East wall of the vestry has a reset C15 window, similar to that in the south wall of the chancel.

The north wall of the chapel has two C15 windows, and the west wall has one.

Roof: of nave is C15.

There are carved bosses at the intersections.

Wall-plates are embattled and brattished, and have carved heads under alternate ribs.

Font: octagonal bowl with moulded under edge, octagonal to square stem and chamfered base, C14.

Screen, under chancel-arch, stone, of 5 bays including doorway and finished with moulded cornice, C15.

Seating: C17 pews, made up with some C19 work. (RCHM, Dorset I , p 100 (1)).