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St Nicholas

St Nicholas

Withernsea

East Riding of Yorkshire

Mid C15, completed 1488, with minor C16-C17 alterations

Architectural Features

Nave arcades of pointed double-chamfered arches on octagonal piers with plain moulded capitals and bases, octagonal west responds and corbelled east responds with carved lion's head to north, angel holding shield to south.

Pointed double- chamfered chancel arch on similar corbelled responds with angels holding shields.

Painted 5-bay arch-braced chancel roof with carved bosses and angels holding shields

3-bay queen-post nave roof with carved wooden head corbels.

Grave slab to William Copland of 1491 with Gothic Latin border inscription, re-set in porch in 1858 from former position in central nave aisle.

A church at Withernsea and one at nearby Owthorne (now lost to the sea), were said to have been built in the C13.

The church lost its roof in 1609 and lay derelict until 1858.