St Nicholas, Kennett, Cambridgeshire

I Location

Site Location: Kennett
National Grid Reference: TL 699 684
County: traditional: Cambridgeshire
now: Cambridgeshire
Diocese: medieval: not confirmed
now: Ely
Dedication: medieval: not confirmed
now (or name of monument): St Nicholas
Type of building/monument: Parish church

II General Description

: Exterior, general view from NE.

Nave with N aisle, aisleless 13thc. chancel with an added N vestry and Perpendicular W tower, all in flint and pebble rubble. The N nave arcade looks 14thc., but the aisle wall itself is c.1200 (windows), so the present arcade must replace an earlier aisled arrangement. The late-12thc. N doorway is protected by a porch.

III Exterior Features

1. Doorways

(i) N Nave doorway

: N doorway.

: N doorway, L side, capital.

: N doorway, R side, capital.

Round-headed, two orders. First order, plain and continuous with a slight chamfer. Second order, en-delit nook shafts with plain roll shaft-rings with neckings above and below. Double-roll bases. Flat leaf (rather than waterleaf) capitals with fat roll neckings and hollow chamfered imposts, the upper edge of the face chamfered off in a roll.

Dimensions

h. of opening	2.38 m
w. of opening	1.00 m

VII History

The manor (3½ hides) was held by William de Warenne, and Nicol under him in 1086.

VIII Comments/Opinions

IX Bibliography

N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England. Cambridgeshire, Harmondsworth 1954 (2nd ed. 1970), 416-17.