St Nicholas' Church, Feltwell

Herefordshire

Three Remaining Metal Clappers of Tower Bells. A plaque with a poem
The Silent Tongues
Five of us used to speak to you
Two hundred years and more
We called you from your cottages
And from the old fen shore
With lofty tower one morn we fell
In Eighteenth Ninety Eight
No more we’ll call you to your prayers
For silence in our fate
1977

St Nicholas' Church, Feltwell - three remaining clappers of tower bells accompanied by poem

Massive Norman tower arch, glass windows. The church is as broad as it is long, like a meeting house.

St Nicholas' Church, Feltwell - Tudor brick south porch and the tall perpendicular clerestory windows

White washed interior with tall arches and clear glass windows,

St Nicholas' Church, Feltwell - high archways and white-washed walls

Stone font in white washed church with large clear glass windows

St Nicholas' Church, Feltwell - stone font

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About this church

A strangely beautiful church

St Nicholas' is one of two churches in this large straggly village on the edge of the Fens. The massive Norman tower arch emphasises the church's early foundations. The church is as broad as it is long, like a meeting house. This impression is enhanced by the light pouring through clear glass windows.

The church is truncated at both ends - a chancel was demolished in 1862 and the west tower collapsed during repairs in 1898. The Tudor brick south porch and the tall Perpendicular clerestory windows, with striking flushwork panels between them on the south side, are evidence of later work. Three clappers remain from the tower bells.

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