Church of St Botolph is a Grade I listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1950. Church. 1 related planning application.

Church of St Botolph

WRENN ID
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Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1950
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Botolph, Trumpington Street
OS grid reference
TL 448 581
Coordinates
52.20249, 0.1181
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Botolph, located on Trumpington Street, is a Grade I listed building. It features a nave and north and south aisles from the 14th century, a south chapel, south porch, and west tower from the 15th century, and a rebuilt chancel designed by G. F. Bodley. The church is constructed of flint and rubble with Barnack stone dressing. Inside, there is a font dating from 1637 and an early 18th-century pulpit. The church also contains monuments to Robert Grumbold, who died in 1720, and James Essex, who died in 1784. Additionally, there are sundials on the southwest buttress of the tower. The Church of St Botolph, along with Nos 51 to 54, forms a group of listed buildings.

Local climate

Church of St Botolph sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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  3. 1, 1a and 1b, Botolph Lane Grade II 29 m
  4. 4, Botolph Lane Grade II 31 m
  5. 54, Trumpington Street Grade II 33 m
  6. 5, 6, 7 and 7a, Botolph Lane Grade II 36 m
  7. 53, Trumpington Street Grade II 39 m
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