St Nicholas' Church, Stevenage

St Nicholas' Church (Stevenage)
The Parish Church of Saint Nicholas in Stevenage
Saint Nicholas Church viewed from the Lych Gate
St Nicholas' Church (Stevenage) Shown within Hertfordshire
Coordinates: 51°55′14″N 0°11′50″W / 51.920546°N 0.197298°W / 51.920546; -0.197298
Location	Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Previous denomination	Roman Catholic
Churchmanship	Low Church (Evangelical)
Membership	Approx. 115
Weekly attendance	Approx. 130
Website	Official Website
History
Status	Parish church
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade 1 Listed
Designated	18-February-1948
Style	Romanesque
Years built	Circa 1100
Specifications
Capacity	Approx. 250
Number of floors	Two
Number of spires	One
Materials	Flint, Stone, Brick & Wood
Bells	Eight (Treble, E, D, C, Bflat, A, G, Tenor)
Tenor bell weight	764kg
Administration
Parish	Saint Nicholas
Deanery	Stevenage
Archdeaconry	Hertford
Diocese	St Albans
Province	Canterbury
Synod	General Synod of the Church of England
Clergy
Rector	Revd. Dave Brown
Laity
Churchwarden(s)	Mr Steve Bamford Mr Nigel Brown

Saint Nicholas' Church is a Church of England parish church in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. It occupies a hilltop site above Old Stevenage. The parish boundaries extend around the northern edge of Stevenage, incorporating areas of the Old and New towns, including a section of Great Ashby.

The church is a Grade I listed building and is composed of an entrance porch, nave, north and south aisles, choir, Lady chapel, Trinity chapel and vestry. Both the Lady chapel and Trinity chapel were endowed.

History

Before 1100, a Saxon church stood in place of the current building. This was a primarily wooden structure. After the coronation of King Henry I, the church was rebuilt in a Romanesque style using flint. Over the years, the structure of the church has been partially rebuilt many times and the current building contains around nine centuries of craftsmanship. On February 18, 1948, the church was entered onto the register of Listed Buildings and classified a Grade I Listed Building. The reasons given for this new classification was "for its special architectural or historic interest."

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