Church

St Nicholas, Bromham

St Nicholas, Bromham

St Nicholas on the High Street, Bromham, Wiltshire, is a Grade I parish church of twelfth-century origin, mainly thirteenth to fifteenth century, with an ornate south-east chapel of 1492, in the Diocese of Salisbury.

Location
Bromham, Wiltshire
Country
England
County
Wiltshire
City / town
Bromham
Address
High Street, Bromham, Wiltshire, SN15 2EU
Postcode
SN15 2EU
Built
C12 origins; C13–C15; south-east chapel 1492; chancel rebuilt 1865
Architect
W. Slater (chancel 1865); G. P. Manners (vestry, probably 1843)
Denomination
Church of England
Dedication
Nicholas
Diocese
Salisbury
Parish
Bromham, Chittoe and Sandy Lane
Grade
I
Style
Gothic, with Perpendicular south-east chapel
Materials
Ashlar and ironstone rubble, stone slate roofs
Grid reference
ST 963 651
Opening hours
Open daily.
Access
Level access to the main areas

Overview

Historic England records an Anglican parish church with twelfth-century origins, thirteenth-, fourteenth- and fifteenth-century work, and a chancel rebuilt in 1865 by W. Slater. Materials are ashlar and ironstone rubble with stone slate roofs. The thirteenth-century crossing tower has a fifteenth-century bell-stage and recessed spire. The south-east chapel, built in 1492 for Sir R. Tocotes and Sir R. Beauchamp, is exceptionally ornamented, with a panelled painted roof and a series of tombs and brasses including the alabaster effigy of Sir R. Tocotes (d. 1457). A north vestry is probably of 1843 by G. P. Manners. The chancel has stencil decoration of 1865 and an east window of about 1870 by Burne-Jones for Morris & Co. Listed Grade I on 19 March 1962 (NHLE 1033887). The legal parish is Bromham, Chittoe and Sandy Lane.

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