St Nicholas, Godstone
St Nicholas, Godstone
St Nicholas is a Grade I parish church on Church Lane, Godstone, Surrey, in the Diocese of Southwark. It stands about half a mile from the present village, on the site of the older settlement of Wolcnested.
- Location
- Godstone, Surrey
- Country
- England
- County
- Surrey
- City / town
- Godstone
- Address
- Church Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8BW
- Postcode
- RH9 8BW
- Built
- C13 and C14; north aisle 1845; south aisle and restoration 1872-73
- Architect
- Sir G G Scott (south aisle and restoration, 1872-73)
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Nicholas
- Diocese
- Southwark
- Parish
- Godstone
- Grade
- I
- Style
- Medieval Gothic with Victorian restoration
- Materials
- Dressed stone with ashlar dressings; timber porch; plain tiled roof; cedar-shingled tower and broach spire
- Grid reference
- TQ 357 515
- Opening hours
- Sorry, there are no regular opening times for this church.
- Access
- Accessible toilets nearby. Level access to the main areas
Overview
Historic England dates the church to the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. A north aisle was added in 1845 and a south aisle in the restoration of 1872-73 by Sir G. G. Scott. Fabric is dressed stone with ashlar dressings, a timber porch, a plain tiled roof and a cedar-shingled tower and bellcote under a broach spire. The plan is an aisled nave with chancel and chancel chapels, a three-stage tower, south porch and north vestry.
The Diocese of Southwark notes Norman chevron stones reused in the rebuilt west doorway, an early thirteenth-century aisleless nave and chancel, and a later thirteenth-century tower base that still contains an original window and blocked doorway. Scott rebuilt the chancel, chancel arch and east window, raised the tower and reinstated the fifteenth-century font. The listing records a four-bay nave arcade, the Evelyn chapel with the chest tomb of Sir John and Dame Thomasine Evelyn (died 1641), and glass by Ward and Hughes of about 1865.