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List entry Summary

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Name: CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS

List entry Number: 1178304

Location

CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, CHURCH SQUARE

The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County	District	District Type	Parish
Surrey	Spelthorne	District Authority

National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.

Grade: II*

Date first listed: 11-Sep-1951

Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.

Legacy System Information

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Legacy System: LBS

UID: 287987

Asset Groupings

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List entry Description

Summary of Building

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History

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Details

TQ 06NE SUNBURY-ON-THAMES, FORMER UD CHURCH SQUARE Shepperton 3/16 Church of 11/9/51 St. Nicholas

GV II*

Church. Rebuilt in circa 1600 on ruins of older building and employing much old material. Tower added in 1710, restored in C19 with vestry added in 1930's. Sandstone and flint chequerwork rubble in south wall. Coved ashlar eaves. Flint rubble plinths and north walls, dun coloured brick vestries. Plain tiled roofs. Tower to west end with nave and chancel to east, substantial transepts and vestry to south east. Two stage tower, with stone and tile coping to battlements. Diagonal offset angle buttresses to lower stage on west face. Plat band between stages. 1 step,brick-chamfered surround to each opening in each face of upper stage with louvred openings under round arched head. Renewed triangular-head leaded window below on west face. Studded panelled double doors in chamfered and moulded surround with label over and foliage decoration in the spandrels. Further panelled pointed head door in south side approached up a flight of external stairs with wrought iron railings. Late Perpendicular style windows to nave, one rectangular diamond-pane window on south and larger 2-light, cambered-head windows to right. Buttresses to west end of nave, one 2-light window to north under flat head and in chamfered surround. External stairs to C19 door on first floor of north transept providing access to gallery inside. Five-light, North transept window with hood moulding; two-light window in north side of chancel,larger three- light window over tile sill to East. Brick vestry to south side of chancel with wood-framed leaded casement fenestration. Five-light Perpendicular window to south transept. Blocked door to south side nave by west buttress, with hood mould and 4-centre arch. Interior:- Glazed-in lower stage with early C19 gallery, bearing the Royal Arms of 1801-1816, across the front. C19 pews and panelled piers. Ribbed and panelled vaulted roof over nave on moulded wall plates. Three-quarter round piers on octagonal pedestals and with octagonal caps and two-step,chamfered order to transepts. Manor house pew in west side of north transept served by external stair and on thin cast-iron pillars of quatrefoil section. Round capital and octagonal piers to chancel arch; crenellated wall plates with star decorated panelled roof above in chancel. Fittings:- C19 reredos with centre gable flanked by finials over carved and traceried arcades. Timber rood screen across chancel entrance of tall proportions and with double gates to centre. C19 stone font - octagonal bowl with floral boss to centre of four panel ribbing on each face, on panelled octagonal stem. Late C19 pulpit. Monuments:- Early C20 marble and mosaic memorial to Lord Blythswood.

PEVSNER: BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND, SURREY (1971) p.454. V.C.H. Middlesex - (1962) Vol. III pp.10-12 & ill opp. p.14.

Listing NGR: TQ0770066593

Selected Sources

1. Article  Reference - Author: JS Cockburn HPF King and KGT McDonnell - Title: The Victoria History of the County of Middlesex - Date: 1962 - Journal Title: The Victoria History of the Counties of England - Volume: 3 - Page References: 10-12
2. Article  Reference - Author: Nikolaus Pevsner Ian Nairn and Bridget Cherry - Title: Surrey - Date: 1971 - Journal Title: The Buildings of England

National Grid Reference: TQ 07700 66593

Map

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