York Historic Environment Record

Church. Late C12 with later alterations. Magnesian limestone ashlar and sandstone rubble with red plain tile roof. Continuous nave and chancel, with south porch and north vestry. West end: single round-arched window in chamfered surround under hood-mould. At apex a bell-turret supported on corbel frieze with single bell-light and surmounted by cross. South porch: 3 orders of arches decorated with chevron moulding on badly weathered capitals decorated with water-leaf and ram's horn moulding. 2 orders of nook shafts, the inner order being plain. Nave and chancel: 2-course moulded plinth. 3 round-headed windows to either side in chamfered surrounds (some recut) and under recut hood-moulds. To south side a round- arched priest's doorway. East end has group of 3 similar windows under oculus window in chamfered surround with ball moulding. A recut cross at apex. Eaves band. Ashlar coping to gable ends. Interior has whitewashed walls, otherwise no special features.
Listing NGR: SE5537648474

Derived from English Heritage LB download dated: 22/08/2005

NMR Information:

Unified Designation System UID 1132520

[SE 5537 4847] Church [TU] (1)

The Church of St. Nicholas is Late Norman(2). There are Roman
tiles in the masonry(3) (2-3)

In normal Use. (4)

Grade A, Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Interesting example of a small stone church of late 12th century.
Consists of continuous chancel and nave, south porch, and small
bell turret on the west gable. Roofed with flat tiles. The round
beaded window slits remain unaltered at the east end, but elsewhere
they have been widened. Porch doorway has richly carved Norman
ornament.
Interior: mainly 19th century but pulpit is 1834. (5)

1 Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 6" 1958
2 Yorkshire : the West Riding 85 by Nikolaus Pevsner ; revised by Enid Radcliffe
3 VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION 36 Yorkshire West Riding, 1941 (A. Mee)
4 Field Investigators Comments F1 RWE 15-MAY-63
5 List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest 3 MHLG (Prov List) Tadcaster RD, Yorks WR, May-1960

Related event: (UID 1050679) SURVEY BY SYDNEY DECIMUS KITSON. Architectural Survey. Undated.