St. Nicholas Monuments in England

St. Nicholas is found in many places besides churches. Click for larger images.

Portslade, Brighton

The St. Nicolas tile mural is on the west wall of St Nicolas Church of England Primary School in Portslade. The mural is 20-feet high. The school was built in 1964.
Tile mural
Photos: J M Rosenthal
Tile mural
School sign
School sign with 21st century school badge

Coventry

This relief carving of St. Nicholas rescuing the three children was above the entrance to John Shelton School, built in 1936. After the school moved to new buildings in 1999 the old school was demolished. The carving is sitting next to bins with no plans for reinstallation.
Photo: Public Monuments & Sculpture Association

Carlisle, Cumbria

St. Nicholas' three gold balls were on the St Nicholas Arms pub's sign, then later his image.

Pub sign
Older sign
Photo: J M Rosenthal
Pub
Photo: The Carlisle Kid, Geograph / CC BY-SA 2.0
Pub
Photo: The Carlisle Kid, Geograph / CC BY-SA 2.0

Bristol, Gloucestershire

St. Nicholas on a donkey and with a Piet is on the St. Nicholas House pub sign. The pub is now closed.
Pub sign
Photo: J M Rosenthal
Photo: J M Rosenthal
Photo: Camra, permission pending

Stevenage, Hertfordshire

St. Nicholas is on another pub sign, in Stevenage.
Pub sign
Photo: Dragontree, Waymark
Pub
Photo: Dragontree, Waymark
Pub

London, Sidney Street Estate

The St Pancras House Improvement Society, founded in 1924 by priest Basil Jellicoe, renewed housing in what had been known as Somers Town. The Sidney Street Estate covered two and a half acres whose new houses were built around central courtyards. Individual blocks of houses were named for saints: St. George, St. Francis, St. Anthony, St. Michael, St. Christopher, and St. Nicholas. The project, completed in 1938, has lunettes, originally made by Doultonware, illustrating fairy tales. The clothes line posts were topped with sculptured ceramic finials appropriate to the particular saint. In St. Nicholas' courtyard, a Christmas tree is surrounded by ships for the patron saint of sailors. The original ceramic finials have been replaced by modern replicas.
St Nicholas symbols
Photo: Stiffleaf, Ipernity, permission pending
St Nicholas symbols
Photo: Stiffleaf, Ipernity, permission pending
St Nicholas symbols
Photo: Chris Partridge, Ornamental Passions
St Nicholas symbols
Photo: Baldwin Hamey
CC BY-NC-ND 3.0
St Nicholas symbols
Photo: Baldwin Hamey, / CC BY-NC-ND 3.0
St Nicholas symbols
Photo: Chris Partridge, Ornamental Passions

Sutton, London

The St. Nicholas Shopping Centre in Sutton, London, features St. Nicholas with children and a ship on the weathervane high above the shopping center. The shopping center was to be demolished in 2024.

St Nicholas Sutton
St Nicholas weathervane
Photos: C Myers, St Nicholas Center
St Nicholas Sutton
Weathervane with children and ship
St Nicholas Sutton
St Nicholas escalators
St Nicholas Sutton
Shopping centre sign

Lancaster, Lancashire

St Nics, St Nicholas Arcades, shopping center in Lancaster is on St. Nicholas Street where the St Nicholas Street Unitarian Church used to be. Everything on the street was demolished to make way for the 1966 redevelopment. St. Nicholas is remembered in both name and the stained glass window over the arcade entrance.

St Nicholas Arcades
Photo: Zoe Rawcliife, Google Maps
St Nicholas Arcades
Photo: Zoe Rawcliife, Google Maps
St Nicholas Arcades
Photo: Ayad Al-Moslih, Google Maps
St Nicholas Arcades
Photo: Siddharth Rajah, Google Maps
St Nicholas Arcades
Photo: Ayad Al-Moslih, Google Maps
St Nicholas Arcades
Photo: Timothy Holmes, Google Maps

Winchester Cathedral, Winchester

The Cathedral's Tournai font, while in a cathedral not out in the public, is a remarkable sculpture featuring St. Nicholas. More here.

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