The pinnacled top, reminiscent of Suffolk's great cloth churches, reflects boldly from the face of the famous Willis Faber building. The equally famous Unitarian Chapel also looks across the square, although houses filled this gap until the 1970s. There are curious dormer windows halfway along the roof, which we will come back to in a moment. From Cromwell Square. Note the dormer window.
Skateboarders use the landscaped north churchyard, and heavy traffic passes to the west.
Until 1992, it passed to the north. St Nicholas was the last of the Ipswich medieval churches to be declared redundant, and for many years lay just as it had been left, as if the final congregation had filed out and the lights been turned off, with no keyholder listed and little interest expressed. This was a pity, because St Nicholas contains outstanding national treasures . Priests in their vestments celebrate mass - one is a deacon, with a diagonal sash. The dormer window in the south wall.