Church of St Botolph is a Grade II* listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1955. A Medieval Church. 3 related planning applications.

Church of St Botolph

WRENN ID
frozen-mortar-azure
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Rutland
Constituency
Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 November 1955
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St Botolph, Wardley
OS grid reference
SK 831 001
Coordinates
52.5932, -0.77332
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Botolph is a parish church that dates back to the early 13th century, featuring a nave from this period, a 14th-century tower, and a clerestory also from the 14th century. The chancel was added in 1871. The building is constructed from rubble with ashlar dressings and has a lead and tile roof. It consists of a nave, chancel, west tower, and a south porch.

On the south side, there is one lancet window and another window with plate tracery dating to around 1250, along with a square-headed 16th-century reading light. The clerestory has three bays with two-light perpendicular windows. The 12th-century windows on either side of the porch were "thoroughly repaired" in 1861. The heavily buttressed 19th-century chancel features a two-light "Decorated" window on the south side. The south doorway, dating to around 1175, has water leaf carving on its capitals. The 14th-century porch includes a sundial dated 1694, and the east window is a four-light "Decorated" window. The 14th-century western tower and spire have gabled ashlar lucarnes and a single light west window.

Inside, the church has an aisleless nave with moulded corbels on the nave tower arch and a chancel arch from 1871. The nave features 14th-century roof timbers, a 19th-century barrel organ, and a font dated 1797. There are also two 19th-century monumental slabs at the west end and numerous memorial tablets dedicated to the Walker and Fludyer families.

Local climate

Church of St Botolph receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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