St Nicholas, Askham
St Nicholas, Askham
St Nicholas’s is a Grade II* Church of England parish church on Town Street, Askham, Nottinghamshire, an unaisled medieval church in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham.
- Location
- Askham, Nottinghamshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Nottinghamshire
- City / town
- Askham
- Address
- Town Street, Askham, Nottinghamshire, NG22 0RU
- Postcode
- NG22 0RU
- Built
- C12 south nave; C13 chancel; late C14 nave windows; C15 tower; restored and re-roofed 1863; further restored 1906–07
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Nicholas
- Diocese
- Southwell and Nottingham
- Parish
- The Rivers, Retford
- Grade
- II*
- Style
- Medieval (Norman to Perpendicular)
- Materials
- Coursed rubble, dressed coursed rubble and ashlar; tile roofs
- Grid reference
- SK 7397 7500
- Opening hours
- Always open.
- Access
- Ramp or level access available on request. Level access to the main areas
- Website
- http://theriversgroup.co.uk/
Overview
The listing dates fabric from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries. Norman masonry survives in the south nave wall. The chancel is thirteenth-century, with lancets and a Decorated east window. Late-fourteenth-century windows light the nave. The two-stage fifteenth-century west tower is diagonally buttressed, embattled, and has eight crocketed pinnacles. The church was restored and re-roofed in 1863 and again in 1906–07, when the south porch was added. Internally Pevsner noted a diagonally placed ogee-headed niche at the nave–chancel junction. Three bells hang dead on a steel frame.
Historic England listed the church Grade II* on 1 February 1967 (list entry 1045707). It is in The Rivers benefice (Retford) with East Markham, Grove, and Headon-cum-Upton.