Church of St Bartholomew is a Grade II* listed building in the Bromsgrove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1967. Church.
Church of St Bartholomew
- WRENN ID
- grey-spire-mallow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Bromsgrove
- Constituency
- Bromsgrove MP: Bradley Thomas (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1967
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Bartholomew, High House Lane, Tutnall and Cobley
- OS grid reference
- SO 995 691
- Coordinates
- 52.32034, -2.00792
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Bartholomew is a parish church built in 1777 by Francis Hiorn, with a chancel added between 1879 and 1880 by Henry Rowe. It is constructed of ashlar stone and features a tile and copper roof. The church consists of a nave, a west tower, and an apsidal chancel.
The west tower is a three-stage structure topped by a slender octagonal spire. The second stage has concave walls and pairs of Doric columns at the corners, each capped by urn finials, with semi-circular headed openings on each wall. The first stage features a moulded cornice and pilastered semi-circular headed openings with keystones. The ground stage has a central entrance with a doorcase flanked by engaged Doric columns and a pediment, above which is a Diocletian window. The entrance is adorned with a radially glazed fanlight and a two-leaf door. Each side of the tower is flanked by a vestry, each with a semi-circular headed window.
The nave has five bays, each with a semi-circular headed recess beneath a moulded cornice and parapet above, topped with urn finials. The four bays on the right feature semi-circular headed windows with multi-pane iron glazing. The chancel has a moulded plinth and cornice, square in shape with an apse that contains three semi-circular headed windows and a priest's door in the south wall.
Inside, there is an octagonal 'narthex' beneath the tower and a semi-circular chancel arch. A gallery is located to the west, supported by two square piers, with a front featuring raised and fielded panels. Notable fittings include an 18th-century box pew in the north-east corner of the nave, with a wall memorial to Lady Mary Cookes, who died in 1694, above it. This memorial features barley sugar columns and a relief medallion of the couple. In the chancel, there is a wall memorial to Other Archer, who died in 1833, depicting a weeping maiden and signed "Chantrey 1835".
The church is situated on a hilltop, making its spire a prominent landmark in the area.
Local climate
Church of St Bartholomew receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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