Church of St Nicholas, Chearsley, Buckinghamshire

Image: © Oswald Bertram Taken: 9 Jul 2015

C13 nave incorporating C12 parts, C15 west tower and chancel. Early C18 south porch. Coursed rubblestone, except chancel of rough rubble, and brick south porch. Old tile roofs. 2 bay chancel with Victorian north vestry 4-bay nave and west tower. East window of two 4-centred traceried lights under hood mould two 2-light septfoiled north and south chancel windows. Diagonal buttresses and weathered buttresses. Nave has C12 herringbone work on lower parts of north wall. 3 north windows, eastern-most a lancet, then a 3-light one with cinquefoiled lights under a square labelled head, west one 3-light leaded oak framed casement to former gallery. South side similar gallery casement. At east end of south side 2-light window, then 3 cinquefoiled light C15 window, west end a lancet. North and south doors c1300 with moulded jambs and pointed heads. South porch in brick with gabled roof. West tower of 2 stages, moulded strings and embattled parapet. 5 stage south-east stair turret with pyramid roof. C15 west window. Loop lights to upper part of lower stage. Belfry windows of 2 cinquefoil lights with quatrefoil in a 2-centred head. Diagonal buttresses. (Source:Historic England)

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