Church of St Botolph
CHURCH OF ST BOTOLPH
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1180499
- Date first listed:
- 09-Feb-1959
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST BOTOLPH
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1180499
- Date first listed:
- 09-Feb-1959
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST BOTOLPH
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST BOTOLPH
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- South Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Swyncombe
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 68246 90188
Details
SWYNCOMBE SU69SE 2/82 Church of St. Botolph 09/02/59
GV II*
Church. Late C11, restored in 1831 and by Ferrey in 1850. Flint coursed rubble with herringbone work and limestone ashlar dressings. Gabled old tile roof. Nave with apsidal chancel. East end has 2 lancets by Ferrey in imitation of Norman lancet to north. South wall of nave has early C14 two-light window, Early English lancet west of Norman blocked round arch: 2 lancets and gabled south porch by Ferrey to C19 plank door with C19 bellcote over. North wall has lancets by Ferrey and C11 round-headed blocked doorway with stone jambs and-hogback lintel. Early C14 carved stone bellcote over west lancet window by Ferrey. Interior: round-headed arch to apse where wall painted decoration was executed after the original uncovered in 1850. Chancel has C19 benches and ceiling and medieval tiles reset in floor. Chancel arch widened in 1831: rood screen and loft carved in C15 style by Walter Topper, 1914. Nave has mid Cl9 pulpit, benches and ceiling; C19 wall tablets; Norman font recut in mid C19 with mid C19 cover. Beneath west window are the early C14 "Jesus" bell, and fragments of Norman pillar piscina with capital carved with head and leaf scrolls. Candelabra in nave removed from Syncombe House (demolished). (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.801).
Listing NGR: SU6824690188
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 247553
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Sherwood, J, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, (1974), 801
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