Description

NORTH YORKSHIRE
SELBY
5342

SE 54 NE ASKHAM BRYAN MAIN STREET
(north side)

3/1 Church of St Nicholas

- I

Church. Late C12 with later alterations. Magnesian limestone ashlar and
sandstone rubble with red plain tile roof. Continuous nave and chancel,
with south porch and north vestry. West end: single round-arched window in
chamfered surround under hood-mould. At apex a bell-turret supported on
corbel frieze with single bell-light and surmounted by cross. South porch:
3 orders of arches decorated with chevron moulding on badly weathered
capitals decorated with water-leaf and ram's horn moulding. 2 orders of
nook shafts, the inner order being plain. Nave and chancel: 2-course
moulded plinth. 3 round-headed windows to either side in chamfered
surrounds (some recut) and under recut hood-moulds. To south side a round-
arched priest's doorway. East end has group of 3 similar windows under
oculus window in chamfered surround with ball moulding. A recut cross at
apex. Eaves band. Ashlar coping to gable ends. Interior has whitewashed
walls, otherwise no special features.

Listing NGR: SE5537648474

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Church of St Nicholas at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17530528

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Recommended Books

• 
  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
• 
  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings