Church of St Botolph
CHURCH OF ST BOTOLPH, LOWESTOFT ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1032041
- Date first listed:
- 01-Sept-1953
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Botolph
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST BOTOLPH, LOWESTOFT ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1032041
- Date first listed:
- 01-Sept-1953
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Botolph
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST BOTOLPH, LOWESTOFT ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST BOTOLPH, LOWESTOFT ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- East Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- North Cove
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 46162 89390
Details
NORTH COVE LOWESTOFT ROAD TM 48 NE 6/29 Church of St. Botolph 1-9-53 GV I Parish church. Medieval; chancel restored 1874, nave re-floored and re-seated 1886. Nave, chancel, west tower, south porch. Flint rubble, formerly plastered, with stone dressings; the tower incorporates a considerable amount of brick, with brick quoins and window openings. Continuous thatched roof. Square unbuttressed tower, probably C15: lancet west window, single-light belfry openings. Later crenellated parapet. The north east nave quoin is composed of field stones, suggesting the nave fabric is Cll or earlier; it has been heightened and extended to the west. Good C12 south nave doorway with colonnettes to the jambs and 3 decorative orders to the arch, including chevrons and large nailheads. Simple C13 north doorway; the adjacent lancet window is also C13 but has been rebuilt in brick. The other nave windows are C15, with square heads. C14 porch with original side windows; knapped flint facade, the gable rebuilt in brick with lozenge pattern flushwork, probably in C18. 2-bay chancel: the lower walls are probably C12, the remainder rebuilt in C14. 2-light windows, largely renewed; 3-light window with reticulated tracery, renewed in C19. Interior. No chancel arch. Arch-braced nave roof of 4 bays, probably C15; the rafters are ceiled over. The wall posts rest on original wooden corbels carved as heads. The easternmost roof bay has a crenellated wallplate. In the chancel is a restored piscina with cusped ogee arch, and adjacent a drop-sill sedilia. Well-preserved early C15 octagonal font, the faces of the bowl carved alternately with angels bearing shields and with lions; under the bowl there are heads with headdresses (cf. Gisleham). On the north wall of the nave are 3 painted biblical texts within circular panels, said to be of late C17 date; there is a 4th in the chancel. There are extensive C14 murals on the north and south chancel walls, showing scenes from the life of Christ. In the nave there are 2 late C18 and early C19 wall monuments to members of the Farr family. One hatchment is placed over the north door of the nave.
Listing NGR: TM4616289390
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 282180
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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