St Nicholas, Great Wilbraham

History of St Nicholas

Parish church, with a C12 origin, but mostly of C13 when the nave, crossing and chancel were built or rebuilt. The West Tower is probably C14. Restored C19 when the North Transept was mostly rebuilt. Pebble stones, flint and limestone dressings with some clunch surviving in the window tracery. Plain tiled roofs. Original cruciform plan, but the central tower was either never built or collapsed. West Tower added C15, of three stages embattled with restored crocketed pinnacles and moulded main cornice. … There are two mid C18 gothic wall monuments in the chancel, one to Miss Mary Ward, 1756 and Thomas Weston Ward, 1750.

A lichen-covered arched gravestone features a carved floral emblem and the faint, weathered inscription William Belton.

St Nicholas Great Wilbraham (RGL2024)

Stone archway leading to a church door decorated with a red ribbon, white star ornaments, evergreen branches, and gift boxes.

St Nicholas Great Wilbraham (RGL2024)

A marble memorial plaque on a wall with a stone gabled frame, a carved heraldic shield, and an eighteenth-century inscription.

St Nicholas Great Wilbraham (RGL2024)

An ornate wooden church organ with decorative turrets, metal pipes, and a matching bench, standing in a stone interior.

St Nicholas Great Wilbraham (RGL2024)

A wooden war memorial triptych displays names of the fallen flanking a central painting of a knight in armor.

St Nicholas Great Wilbraham (RGL2024)

Textile hanging featuring embroidered line drawings of historic buildings in The Wilbrahams arranged against a brick background.

St Nicholas Great Wilbraham (RGL2024)

Projects

Great Wilbraham

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