page_title: St Nicolas Church, Newbury
section_title: Architecture
hierarchical_section_title: St Nicolas Church, Newbury / Architecture
caption_attribution_description: English: St Nicholas' parish church, Newbury, West Berkshire
context_page_description: St Nicolas Church is the parish church of Newbury, Berkshire, and is situated just south of the main bridge over the River Kennet, in the centre of the town. It is chiefly remarkable for the consistency of its Perpendicular Gothic architectural style and its unusually large size for a parish church.
context_section_description: The plan of the church is typical for a parish church, consisting of nave and chancel with no transept. Considered large compared to other churches of the same style, the nave has a clerestory, lighted by five large three light windows on either side, and aisles with arcades of five arches each. These aisles open into what were chantry-chapels on either side of the chancel. The southern chantry-chapel still functions as such but the northern is used as a vestry and contains the organ.
  There is a tower at the western end which contains a peal of ten bells and a Sanctus bell. The back eight bells date from 1803 and were cast from the now defunct Wells of Aldbourne bell foundry. The bells were re-hung in 1933 with new fittings and were augmented from 8 to 10 bells. The front 2 date from 1933 and were cast by Mears & Stainbank of Whitechapel Road, London. The tenor bell, which weighs 21-2-1 (1093 kg), is in the note of D.
  The stained glass windows date from the Victorian restoration by Henry Woodyer as do the external crenellations along the roof-line, and the pinnacles and turrets of the tower. There is a Jacobean Pulpit dating from 1607.
caption: View of church from graveyard
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