Ruins of Priory Church of St Botolph is a Grade I listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1971. A Medieval Church.
Ruins of Priory Church of St Botolph
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-quoin-ash
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Colchester MP: Pam Cox (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1971
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Ruins of Priory Church of St Botolph, St Botolph's Street
- OS grid reference
- TL 999 249
- Coordinates
- 51.88732, 0.90409
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ruins of the Priory Church of St Botolph date back to the mid-12th century and were part of the first house of Augustinian Canons in England, founded at the beginning of that century. The church was constructed mainly from stone and brick sourced from Roman buildings. Inside, there are impressive circular brick columns supporting the nave, and the west front features intricate interlacing arcades made of brick. The church continued to serve as the parish church of St Botolph's even after the Priory was suppressed in 1536. Unfortunately, it was left in ruins following the siege of Colchester in 1648.
Local climate
Ruins of Priory Church of St Botolph sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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