St Nicholas, Newbury
St Nicholas, Newbury
St Nicolas is a Grade I Church of England parish church on Bartholomew Street, Newbury, Berkshire, in the Diocese of Oxford. The listing name is Parish Church of St Nicolas.
- Location
- Newbury, Berkshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Berkshire
- City / town
- Newbury
- Address
- West Mills, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 5HG
- Postcode
- RG14 5HG
- Built
- c.1509–1532; altered 1858 and 1866
- Architect
- Henry Woodyer (chancel arch and roof, 1858; vestry 1866)
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Nicholas
- Diocese
- Oxford
- Parish
- Newbury St Nicolas
- Grade
- I
- Style
- Perpendicular
- Materials
- Bath stone ashlar with chalk elements; lead roofs
- Grid reference
- SU 470 671
- Opening hours
- Sorry, there are no regular opening times for this church.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby
Overview
Historic England records a Perpendicular church of about 1509–1532, built largely at the expense of the clothier John Smallwood (alias Winchcombe, 'Jack of Newbury'). The plan is a five-bay nave and aisles, chancel with north and south chapels, a half-enclosed west tower, north and south porches, and a vestry of 1866. The fabric is Bath stone ashlar with buttresses, gargoyles and strings, and some chalk; roofs are lead and battlemented. The four-stage west tower has polygonal buttresses and a corbel dated 1532.
Extensive alterations of 1858 and 1866 include a chancel arch and roof by Henry Woodyer. The Perpendicular nave roof carries Smallwood's initials. Fittings noted in the listing include a carved pulpit of 1607 and brasses to John Smallwood and his wife (d. 1519) and to Griffiths Curteys (d. 1587). A church on the site is recorded from the late eleventh century.