St Nicholas's Church, Fisherton Delamere
St Nicholas's Church in Fisherton Delamere, Wiltshire, England was built in the 14th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building,[1] and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] It was declared redundant on 1 June 1982, and was vested in the Trust on 30 October 1984.[3]
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Location | Fisherton Delamere, Wiltshire, England |
Coordinates | 51°08′56″N 2°00′08″W |
Built | 14th century |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Official name | Church of St. Nicholas |
Designated | 23 March 1960[1] |
Reference no. | 1183381 |
![]() ![]() Location of St Nicholas's Church in Wiltshire |
The church, which was built in a chequerboard pattern of flint and stone, sits on a hill overlooking the River Wylye. It was built on the site of a Norman church in the 14th century and was substantially rebuilt in the 19th century.[2] In the 1830s and 1860s John Davis organised the work including the demolition and rebuilding of the chancel under the supervision of W. Hardwick, a Warminster surveyor.[4] It has a two-stage tower which is supported by diagonal buttresses.[1]
Inside the church is a Minton tiled reredos which may date from the 1861 rebuilding.[5] The screen was designed by Frederick Charles Eden and installed in 1912 while carrying out other work on the church. Because of local objections the screen was never painted.[2] The 12th century cylindrical font dates from the 12th century.[1]
William Herbert Allen (1863–1943) a notable English landscape watercolour artist whose career spanned more than 50 years from the 1880s to the 1940s is buried in the churchyard.[6]
References
- Historic England. "Church of St. Nicholas, Fisherton Delamere (1183381)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- St Nicholas' Church, Fisherton Delamere, Wiltshire. Churches Conservation Trust. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
- Diocese of Salisbury: All Schemes (PDF). Church Commissioners/Statistics. Church of England. 2011. p. 5. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
- "Fisherton de la Mere". A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 8: Warminster, Westbury and Whorwellsdown Hundreds. British History Online. 1965. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
- Pearson, Lynn. "Wiltshire" (PDF). Lynn Pearson. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
- "William Herbert Allen (1863–1943)". Murriarti. Retrieved 3 September 2016.