Castle Hedingham features [4]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 12 Sep 2020

The churchyard. The church of St Nicholas is one of the most outstanding in Essex containing many Norman features including three doors. The chancel, nave, aisles and clerestory are 12th century and the vestry is 15th century. The tower and porch, in red brick, are early 17th century and almost certainly use material from the castle where some Tudor buildings were being demolished. The church was restored late in the 19th century. Constructed of flint rubble with stone dressings. Internally there is a very fine double hammer beam roof. Listed, grade I, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1338048 Castle Hedingham is a small village in Essex about 15 miles north west of Colchester. The village developed around the Norman castle and is home to a large number of timber framed medieval buildings. The village’s railway station which was opened in 1867, closed in 1964 and was dismantled and rebuilt in 1974 on a new site to the north west of the village by the Colne Valley Railway Preservation Society.

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