Listed Building Description
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ABINGDON
583/1/10011 CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS 19-JAN-51
I Church of late Norman and Perpendicular date, restored in 1881 by Edwin Dolby of Abingdon and London.
MATERIALS: Mainly rubblestone, some ashlar, red tiled roof.
PLAN: Chancel, nave, west tower, and on the north side a shallow C16 chapel and organ chamber and vestry of 1880-1.
EXTERIOR: Late Norman nave with W front with late Norman doorway with three orders of shafts flanked by blind arcading. In nave two N lancets and traces of a third; to the S (where parapet of 1881) two windows in the Decorated style. West tower of c.1470 built within the nave with stair turret on north side. Vestry and organ loft of 1880-1 against north side of chancel.
INTERIOR: Chancel separated from nave by broad probably C14 chancel arch. Sceened-off east vestry of 1953. Reset within This is a late C14 carved crucifixion. Late C19 choir stalls. Nave with kingpost roof of 1881. Benches also of 1880-1... read more