Church of St Nicholas, Corfe
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Location | Corfe, Somerset, England |
Coordinates | 50°58′17″N 3°05′40″W / 50.9715°N 3.0945°WCoordinates: 50°58′17″N 3°05′40″W / 50.9715°N 3.0945°W |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Official name: Church of St Nicholas | |
Designated | 25 February 1955 |
Reference no. | 1060345 |
Location of Church of St Nicholas in Somerset |
The Anglican Church of St Nicholas in Corfe, Somerset, England was built in the Norman period and rebuilt in 1842. It is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
History
The Church of St Nicholas is a 1842 rebuilding, by Benjamin Ferrey of a Norman church on the same site.[1] The chancel arch and nave arcade are neo-Romanesque and, along with two corbels, have survived from the design of the original building.[2]
The south aisle was added and tower rebuilt in 1858 by Charles Edmund Giles.[3] Stained glass by James Powell and Sons was installed in the 1850s.[4]
In 1969 the chancel was further restored.[1]
The parish is part of the Blackdown benefice within the Diocese of Bath and Wells.[5]
Architecture
The church is built of Blue Lias with stone dressing and a slate roof. It has a four-bay nave, a south aisle and a chancel. The three-stage tower has a pyramidal roof.[1]
Inside the church the Norman white stone font survives.[6][7]
The churchyard includes an unidentified chest tomb from around 1860,[8] and one for the Brown family from the late 18th century.[9]
See also
References
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- 1 2 3 4 "Church of St Nicholas". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "St Nicholas, Corfe". Blackdoan Benefice. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Corfe St. Nicholas". Dawson Heriytage. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ Cheshire, Jim (2004). Stained Glass and the Victorian Gothic Revival. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719063466.
- ↑ "St Nicholas, Corfe". A Church Near You. Church of England. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Church of St Nicholas". Images of England. English Heritage. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
- ↑ "St Nicholas, Corfe, Somerset". The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. King's College, London. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Unidentified chest tomb in churchyard about 3 north of tower, Church of St Nicholas". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Brown family chest tomb in churchvard, about 14 a south of south aisle, Church of St Nicholas". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 16 July 2017.