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The
parish church of St. Nicholas, consists of a nave, chancel recess,
tower and south porch. The tower is believed to date from the 15th
century and rises in three stages finishing in a plain parapet and
saddle back roof of Welsh Slate.
The original church was demolished and rebuilt in 1841.
The
building is in the "Gothic" style, built of ashlar. It
has a late 15th century font, which had been removed but was then
found in a garden
in 1876 and restored to the church.
The registers begin in 1724 and are complete. In 1553 there was
a chalice of 12oz and 3oz of silver were taken for the king. Here
are now 2 small cups, 2 patens of plated metal, a glass flagon,
a silver chalice purchased c. 1927 and a paten given in memory of
Mrs. Banks c. 1935.
In 1553 there were 3 bells. Two of these survive today, the treble
inscribed "sancte toma ora pronobis h I" by Henry Jefferies of Bristol
c. 1550 and the tenor inscribed "sancta maria" probably by Thomas
Gefferies or Jefferies, his father (d. 1545-6). The intermediate
bell was cast or recast by Thomas Bilbie of Chewstoke, Somerset,
in 1756.
There
is also a clock bell on the roof of the tower, uninscribed but probably
by Thomas Bilbie. The bells were re-hung in a new frame in 1951.
The clock was renovated during 2001.
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