Building record 0003100000 - Church of St Nicholas, LITTLE HORWOOD

Summary

Medieval parish church with fifteenth to sixteenth century wall paintings, restored 1889

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Listed Building (II*) 1213693: CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS

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Type and Period (1)

PARISH CHURCH (13th Century to 19th Century - 1200 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Width 8m, Length 13m.
Plan Form - Cruciform.
[See 00031:00:001 for wall paintings.]
Vicars 1518-1817 (B1).
Grade II+. Parish Church. Nave early C13, chancel and S. aisle originally C14, C15 W. tower, C19 S. porch, all very much restored 1889. Coursed rubble stone, tower of dressed stone with restored ashlar top stage. Tiled roofs to nave and chancel, lead roof to aisle. W. tower of 3 stages has diagonal buttresses, battlemented parapet, 2-light traceried openings to bell-chamber and over W. door, and door with moulded 4-centred arch. N. wall of nave has buttresses, 2 C19 3-light traceried windows and blocked doorway with chamfered arch. S. aisle has restored 3-light Decorated window to west, and 2 3-light cusped windows with flat heads to south, S. door has double hollow chamfered arch and hood. Rendered porch. Chancel has C19 Decorated windows, 2 2-light to south, one 2-light and one single light to north, and one 3-light to east., small S. door in hollow chamfered arch and hood, restored. Interior: tower arch has double hollow chamfer. Nave has S. arcade of 4 bays with double chamfered arches, only slightly pointed except at W. end, on round piers with simply moulded caps and bases. Similar chancel arch on semi- octagonal responds with moulded caps. Nave and chancel roofs are C19, S. aisle has C16 roof with moulded purlin and cambered tie beams. Cusped piscina in chancel. N. wall of nave has wall paintings, C15-C16 over C13. Early C17 pulpit. Brass tablet of Ten Commandments 1641, C19 and C20 glass, other fittings C19. Late C18-early C19 memorial tablets to Langston family. RCHM II p 175 -6 (B8).

Sources (10)

<1>SBC26953 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 3). Volume 3. p390.
<2>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p693.
<3>SBC20467 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1913. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 2. pp175-176, Illustration.
<4>SBC7091 Article in serial: 1892. KEYSER CE 1892 MURAL PAINTINGS RECENTLY DISCOVERED IN CHURCH--OF--LITTLE HORWOOD IN ARCHAEOLOGICALJO.
<5>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp377-378; Illustration.
<6>SBC10385 Map: OS 1958 6IN (1.10560) MAP.
<7>SBC11706 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1960. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p190.
<8>SBC19045 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Parishes of Drayton Parslow, Great Horwood, Little Horwood, Mursley, Nash, Newton Longville, Whaddon, & town of Winslow. p25.
<9>SBC810 Bibliographic reference: BALLANTYNE A 1995 THE CHURCH OF SAINT NICHOLAS, LITTLE HORWOOD, BUCKS (REPORT ON CONSERVATION OF T.
<10>SBC23695 Bibliographic reference: Aylesbury Vale District Council. 2020. Little Horwood Conservation Area Review.

Location

Grid reference	SP 79045 30846 (point)
Civil Parish	LITTLE HORWOOD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire