Parish Church of St Nicholas, Glatton

Heritage listing

Details GLATTON CHURCH ROAD TL 1486 (South-East Side) 13/11 Parish church of St Nicholas 13.12.57 GV I Parish Church. Nave arcades c1230-40, late C13 north transept. Early C14 chancel and south aisles/in late C15 the chancel partly rebuilt and lengthened, the nave arcade and clerestory and the upper walls of the south transept heightened. West tower: arches late C14; late C15 or early C16 upper stages. Early C16 north aisle extended westwards, south aisle lengthened and widened. Early C16 vaulted north vestry, rood loft and staircase. Roof of north transept renewed 1701. Restoration, 1869. Walls of limestone rubble with reused Ketton and Barnack stone; Ketton ashlar to chancel walls; dressings of Barnack and Ketton stone. Lead covered roofs. South elevation: west tower of three stages with ground stage enclosed by north and south aisles and clerestory continuing westwards on the north and south walls up to the second stage; moulded plinth and embattled parapet with a gargoyle to each centre and band of quatrefoils below, large heraldic beasts to each corner, clasping buttresses rise to third stage; second stage with clock face, third stage belfry window of four transomed lights in a four-centred arch with traceried spandrels and moulded square headed label with beast stops. Embattled clerestory with three windows (and a similar fourth window in first stage of tower) with three cinquefoil lights and vertical tracery in four-centred heads. South aisle with moulded plinth and embattled parapet with strings below of C14 grotesque faces and ball-flower ornament; three reset C14 windows of two pointed lights with a pierced spandrel and moulded label; south doorway C15 with moulded jambs, four-centred head and moulded label. chancel, late C15 cinquefoil-light window with trefo

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.