Oddington - Church of St Nicholas

The Church of Saint Nicholas was originally a cell of St Peter’s Benedictine abbey in Gloucester. It was ceded in 1157 to the Diocese of Yorkand exchanged with the Crown in 1547. The church is built of dressed limestone and has a stone slate roof. Part of the nave is 12th century and part 13th century. The chancel is 15th century and the tower at the east end is13th century. The Norman south aisle probably represents the original nave. The church was all but abandoned among its fields in 1852, and has been little altered since. It has medieval wall paintings of the Doom on the north wall of the nave, dating to the early 15th century. They were whitewashed over in the English Reformation and conserved by Eve Baker from 1969. Scenes depicted include the Acts of Mercy and the Seven Deadly Sins.

It is a Grade I listed building