Sir Charles Nicholson, 2nd Baronet

Sir Charles Archibald Nicholson, 2nd Baronet (27 April 1867 – 4 March 1949), was an English architect and designer who specialised in ecclesiastical buildings and war memorials. He carried out the refurbishments of several cathedrals, the design and build of over a dozen new churches, and the restoration of many existing, medieval parish churches.

Nicholson was born in Hadleigh, Essex to Sir Charles Nicholson, 1st Baronet, and his wife, Sarah Elizabeth Nicholson Keightley. His younger brothers were the stained-glass artist Archibald Keightley Nicholson and Sir Sydney Hugo Nicholson, the founder of the Royal School of Church Music. to Sir Charles Nicholson, 1st Baronet, and his wife, Sarah Elizabeth Nicholson Keightley. His younger brothers were the stained-glass artist Archibald Keightley Nicholson and Sir Sydney Hugo Nicholson, organist at Westminster Abbey and the founder of the Royal School of Church Music. various additions to Chelmsford Cathedral, and the reconstruction of Portsmouth Cathedral. His internal restorations were carried out at Brecon, Carlisle, Exeter, Leicester, Lichfield, Lincoln, Llandaff, Manchester, Salisbury, Wakefield, Wells, and Winchester. His works abroad include the ministerial buildings for the Jamaican Government in Kingston.

On 10 June 1931, four years after Evelyn's death, Nicholson married Catherine Maud Warren (1883–1962) at the Church of All Saints, Southend-on-sea, Essex.

Nicholson died on 4 March 1949 in Oxford and is buried in the Church of St Mary the Virgin, South Benfleet.

Partial list of works Nicholson's architectural works include (in chronological order): St Andrew's Vicarage (now renamed Church End House), Totteridge, Hertfordshire (1892, Nicholson's first work) Enlargement of St Matthew's Church, Yiewsley, Middlesex (1897-1898) St Alban the Martyr, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex (1898-1908) Chancel fittings for Christ Church, Chester (1900–10) Remodelling of Burton Manor, Cheshire (1902) Enlargement of Clifton College Chapel, Bristol (1909–10) Major alterations to St Oswald's Church, Guiseley, West Yorkshire (1910 etc.) Chernockehouse, Winchester, Hampshire (1910–12) St Mary's Church, Cattedown, Plymouth, Devon (1911–12) St Luke's Church, Grimsby, Lincolnshire (1912) St Paul's Church, Halifax, West Yorkshire (1912) Restoration of All Saints' Church, Cadney, Lincolnshire (1912–14) New nave and chancel of St Lawrence's Church, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire (1913) St John the Divine, Rastrick, West Yorkshire (1913) St Clement's Church, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex (1913 and 1919) St Alban's church, Copnor, Hampshire (1914) St Michael's Church, Sutton Ings, East Riding of Yorkshire (1915) War memorial for St John's Church, Coleford, Gloucestershire (1918) Sotterley War Memorial, Suffolk (1920) North chapel of St Michael's Church, Basingstoke, Hampshire (1920) Chapel of the Resurrection and vestries for St James' Church, Grimsby, Lincolnshire (1920) Restoration of St Giles' Church, Oxford (1920) Enlargement of SS Philip and James' Church, Oxford (1920–21) Memorial Chapel of Rugby School, Warwickshire (1920) Hornchurch war memorial, Essex (1921) Church of St John the Evangelist, Long Eaton, Derbyshire (started 1922) Screen in the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden, Essex (1924) Church of the Ascension, Bitterne Park, Hampshire (1924–26) Our Lady of Lourdes and St Joseph, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex (1924-1929), based on original designs for St Alban's Westcliff-on-Sea St Dunstan's Church, Bellingham Estate, Lewisham (1925) Completion of Christ Church, Gosport, Hampshire (1925) Restoration of Shrewsbury Castle, Shropshire (1926) Completion of St Matthew's Church, Southsea, Hampshire (1926, now the Church of the Holy Spirit) Chelmsford Cathedral: new east end (1926) and bishop's throne Chancel screen of the Church of St Margaret, Bowers Gifford, Essex (1926) St Mary's Church, Springbourne, Bournemouth (1926–34) St Michael and All Angels, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex (started 1926, completed after his death 1957) Chapel and library for St Boniface College, Warminster, Wiltshire (1927) Bishop's throne and stalls for Leicester Cathedral (1927) St Michael's Church, Castleford, West Yorkshire (1927–29) Altar and reredos of the Church of St Mary and St Cuthbert, Chester-le-Street, County Durham (1928) St John's Church, Stafford (started 1928, uncompleted) Enlargement of Church of St Laurence, Upminster, Essex (1928) New St Mary's Church, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex (1928–29) Lady chapel and choir vestry in Holy Trinity Church, Gosport (1929) Restoration of St Mary's Church, Hamstead Marshall, Berkshire (1929) St Andrew's Church, Bromley (1929) West doors of St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast (1929) Havant War Memorial, Hampshire (jointly with Alfred Edwin Stallard) Stained glass window of St Michael and St George First World War memorial, St Mary Magdalene, Sparkford, Somerset