Parish Church Of St Botolph

TL 26SW GRAVELEY CHURCH LANE (South Side)

7/83 Parish Church 31.8.62 of St. Botolph

II*

Parish church. Nave and north aisle C13, west tower C15, north aisle demolished in C16 with three C13 windows reset in blocked nave arcade, north door C16. Chancel rebuilt by Rev. Trotter 1733; chancel roof raised and Gothic east window inserted c.1870. Chancel arch and south nave wall, windows and buttresses restored, 1870-1880, and north and south doors blocked, (south porch demolished). Walls of re-used limestone and clunch dressings, C18 red brick. South elevation. Tower of three stages with four stage angle buttresses, moulded plinth and C19 embattled parapet. Belfry window of two-cinquefoil lights in two-centred arch. South nave wall with two restored two-light windows similar to original C13 windows with quatrefoil and two-centred arch. Two-centred arched south doorway with two continuous chamfered orders, blocked. Interior. Just visible, the octagonal shafted piers of C13 four bay nave arcade. Tower arch of two chamfered orders with semi-circular shafts and moulded caps; C17 gallery. For monuments see R.C.H.M, monument to Rev. H. Trotter, rector, marble tablet with cornice and urn inscribed with details of his benefactions by J. Dixon. Pulpit, hexagonal, C18. The library of Rev. Trotter is now in Jesus College, Cambridge. R.C.H.M. West Cambs, p.120, mon.l Pevsner. Buildings of England, p.394

Listing NGR: TL2497864080