St Nicholas' Church, Stevenage
| St Nicholas' Church (Stevenage) | |
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| The Parish Church of Saint Nicholas in Stevenage |
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Saint Nicholas Church viewed from the Lych Gate
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 St Nicholas' Church (Stevenage)
Shown within Hertfordshire
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| Coordinates: 51°55′14″N 0°11′50″W / 51.920546°N 0.197298°W | |
| Location | Stevenage, Hertfordshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Previous denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Churchmanship | Low Church (Evangelical) |
| Membership | Approx. 115 |
| Weekly attendance | Approx. 130 |
| Website | Official Website |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade 1 Listed |
| Designated | 18-February-1948 |
| Style | Romanesque |
| Years built | Circa 1100 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | Approx. 250 |
| Number of floors | Two |
| Number of spires | One |
| Materials | Flint, Stone, Brick & Wood |
| Bells | Eight (Treble, E, D, C, Bflat, A, G, Tenor) |
| Tenor bell weight | 764kg |
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| Parish | Saint Nicholas |
| Deanery | Stevenage |
| Archdeaconry | Hertford |
| Diocese | St Albans |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Synod | General Synod of the Church of England |
| Clergy | |
| Rector | Revd. Dave Brown |
| Curate(s) | Revd. Daniel Freyhan |
| Laity | |
| Churchwarden(s) | Mr Steve Bamford Mr Nigel Brown |
Saint Nicholas' Church is a Church of England parish church in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. It occupies a hilltop site above Old Stevenage. The parish boundaries extend around the northern edge of Stevenage, incorporating areas of the Old and New towns, including a section of Great Ashby.
The church is a Grade I listed building and is composed of an entrance porch, nave, north and south aisles, choir, Lady chapel, Trinity chapel and vestry. Both the Lady chapel and Trinity chapel were endowed.
Before 1100, a Saxon church stood in place of the current building. This was a primarily wooden structure. After the coronation of King Henry I, the church was rebuilt in a Romanesque style using flint. Over the years, the structure of the church has been partially rebuilt many times and the current building contains around nine centuries of craftsmanship. On February 18, 1948, the church was entered onto the register of Listed Buildings and classified a Grade I Listed Building. The reasons given for this new classification was "for its special architectural or historic interest."
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