Description

TF 08 NW CAENBY

6/12 Church of
St. Nicholas
30.11.66
G.V. II

Parish church now disused. Of medieval masonry but all
fenestration dates from C19 restoration. Banded limestone and
ironstone coursed rubble with ashlar quoins and dressings, stone
coped gables and kneelers, slate roofs. Nave with western
bellcote and western porch, chancel. The porch with 2 sets of
paired lights has moulded parapet and a north door with plain
chamfered surround and sacred monogram over. In the west wall
the medieval roof pitch can be seen, surmounted by the stub of an
earlier bellcote. The existing single bellcote is C19. The
north wall of the nave has single stepped buttresses, a plinth
and 2 C19 lancets. The chancel north wall has a blocked
cambered headed light of an uncertain date. The C19 2 light west
window cuts through the site of an earlier one. The south wall
has a short lancet in the chancel and 2 further lancets to the
nave. The reveals of earlier windows are visible to the left
and right of the C19 Lights. All fittings date from C19.

Listing NGR: TF0000389292

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26603735

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Recommended Books

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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)