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SV81NE Church of St Nicholas
1358-0/1/113

GV II

Church. 1877-79 by Thomas Algernon Dorrien-Smith as a memorial
for his uncle Augustus Smith who died in 1871. Squared and
coursed granite; stone-coped slate roof. Cruciform plan with
south-east tower. 3-bay nave has west rose window with central
quatrefoil to gable end and chamfered lancet windows. Similar
lancets to transepts and 2-bay chancel, which has 3 lancets to
east end; gabled north porch with inner and outer chamfered
pointed-arched doorways with decorative hinges to doors.
Tower, of 3 stages, has similar doorway and lancets and
chamfered 4-centred and louvred belfry windows with chamfered
string course and parapet; pyramidal roof. Interior: open
arch-braced roof set on stone corbels. Marble reredos, given
in memory of Walter M.Smith Dorrien d.1924; decorative
encaustic tile sanctuary floor; pitch-pine pews, Gothic-style
chancel rail and pulpit; coloured marble font on quatrefoil
base. C19 and C20 wall memorials to the Dorrien-Smith family.
Commemorative plaque in the porch records the names of William
Nicholls, head carpenter, and Thomas Chudleigh, head mason.
Fine stained glass windows by C E Kempe include 3 east lancets
with St. Andrew, Crucifixion and St. Nicholas and
highly-coloured west window with angels and bells. North
transept window by Tower, a pupil and partner of Kempe.
(P Laws: The Buildings of Scilly: Redruth: 1980-: 22;
Buildings of England: Pevsner, N and Ratcliffe, E: Cornwall:
London: 1951-1970: 210).


Listing NGR: SV8922315417

Source: English Heritage

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