St Nicholas Church is in New Street, Sutton, Merseyside, England. It is an active

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parish church in the deanery of Saint Helens, the Archdeaconry of Warrington and the diocese of Liverpool. Its

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is combined with those of All Saints, Sutton, and St Michael and All Angels, Sutton. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

History

The church was built in 1847–49 and designed by the Lancaster architects Sharpe and Paley. Its total cost was over £3,900 (), to which King's College, Cambridge, patron of the church, contributed £1,270 in commemoration of the fourth centenary of its foundation. The church was

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on 4 June 1849 by Rt Revd John Graham, Bishop of Chester. The tower was added in 1897 and the vestry in the 1960s.

Architecture

St Nicholas is built in stone rubble with

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roofs. It is in

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style. The plan consists of a five-

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nave with a

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, north and south aisles, a west tower, a three-bay chancel with a south organ loft, a north vestry, and a south porch. The tower has diagonal buttresses, a three-light west window, two-light louvred bell openings, and a stair

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. Around the summit is an

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parapet. The chancel has gabled buttresses, and is surmounted by a parapet supported by

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s. The stained glass in the east window dates from 1879; it was designed by Henry Holiday and depicts Faith, Hope and Charity. Elsewhere is stained glass dating from the 1850s and 1890s.

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Sutton Churches
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Helens, Saint Nicholas Church Church of England church buildings in Merseyside Grade II listed churches in Merseyside Churches completed in 1849 19th-century Church of England church buildings Gothic Revival church buildings in England Gothic Revival architecture in Merseyside Anglican Diocese of Liverpool Sharpe and Paley buildings Churches in St. Helens, Merseyside 1849 establishments in England

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