The church of St Nicholas was built in the 13th century. It's striking timber framed tower in constructed in c1450.
The church is divided into three separate components of differing materials. The earliest is the C14 rubble-stone nave, with C15 timber-framed tower, and 1905 freestone chancel. The buttressed nave incorporates a large south-east angle buttress. It has a 2-light Decorated window and later 2-light square-headed window to the right of the porch, which is under the relieving arch of a narrower window. The south doorway has a continuous chamfer and studded door, with stoup to the right. The porch, possibly also C14, is timber-framed, and retains original posts, brackets and tie beam to the ends. The half-glazed sides on dwarf walls are from the 1899 restoration. On the south-east side of the nave, beneath the eaves, is a large sundial with gnomon, dated 1841 and by Thomas Davies, 'sciagrapher of Inkberrow'. The north side of the nave has a blocked pointed doorway similar to the south side, and 2-light square-headed window with ogee-headed lights. The 2-stage tower is on a stone plinth with clasping buttresses. It is close-studded (with some replacement timber) with whitened panels and saddleback roof. It has louvred bell openings. A lean-to boiler house is on its north side. The chancel has diagonal buttresses, 2-light Decorated east window and a cusped south window.
The tower has internal X-shaped braces. A cusped window, with deep splay, in the nave west wall indicates that the tower was a later addition. Below this window is a chamfered west doorway. The nave has an unrestored 2-bay (but 3 trusses) roof of tie and collar beams and vertical struts. The chancel arch is early C20 and the chancel has a cradle roof. Walls have been stripped of plaster in the nave, but have always been of exposed stone in the chancel. C20 parquet floors.
The church of St Nicholas, Dormston, is listed Grade I for the following principal reasons: * It has an outstanding late medieval timber-framed tower. * It has a medieval timber-framed porch. * Its nave retains medieval fabric and character, including an early roof. * It has fixtures of special interest including C16 benches, C17 communion rails and C19 sundial.