Church of St Bartholomew
CHURCH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW, CHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1037284
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jan-1958
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Bartholomew
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW, CHURCH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1037284
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jan-1958
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Bartholomew
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW, CHURCH STREET
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 BARTHOLOMEW, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- Babergh (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Groton
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 95969 41680
Details
GROTON CHURCH STREET 1. 5377 Church of St Bartholomew TL 9541 59/348 23.1.58 GV 2. A C15 flint building with stone dressings. The lower part of the west tower is C13. Restored in the C19 and C20. The west tower has diagonal buttresses and a castellated parpaet with flint panel work. The nave, aisles and south porch have castellated parapets. The main historical interest lies in its connection with the Winthrop family of which John Winthrop (d 1649) was the leader of the Puritan emigration to New England in 1630. He founded the city of Boston and was the first governor of the state of Massachusetts, USA. Graded for its historical interest.
Listing NGR: TL9596941680
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 276496
- 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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