2015
SP1505 : Church of St Nicholas, Hatherop, Gloucestershire
taken 8 years ago, near to Hatherop, Gloucestershire, England

Church of St Nicholas, Hatherop, Gloucestershire
Anglican parish church. Rebuilt 1854-55 by Henry Clutton, assisted by William Burges, for Lord de Mauley. Coursed and dressed rubble stone with quoins, tile or slate roofs. Nave with north and south aisles, crossing tower and chancel, small north porch and vestry, and south mortuary chapel. Perpendicular style with French Gothic influences. Tower has long 2-light belfry openings on each face, carved head corbel table and steep saddleback roof with coped verges with end saddlestones and top roll moulding. Weathervane on ridge. Clock to north below belfry, to west above corbel table. Nave of 5 bays with clerestorey to both sides with 2-light Perpendicular windows with arched hoodmoulds, parapet wall pierced with cusped quatrefoils set within square frames and with aedicule and statue in centre on west end. North porch has pierced small quatrefoil parapet and niche over large square doorway with colonnettes recessed in jambs and quatrefoil with mouchettes in spandrels, flanking stepped buttresses. South chapel has similar pierced small quatrefoil parapet on south side, 3 quatrefoil windows and deep French Gothic doorway with high relief carved moulding stops. To either end are stepped buttresses with steeply crossed gable on lowest step and animal gargoyles over. (Source:Historic England)