St Botolphs

St Botolph’s is a former parish church, now a house, dating back to circa 1424, following a bequest by Maud, Countess of Salisbury. The chancel was demolished, and the remaining structure was re-roofed and altered in 1753. The southwest tower was demolished in 1925. The building is constructed of high-quality squared knapped flintwork with brick and stone dressings, and tiled roofs. It is rectangular in plan, with a two-span roof. The original nave and south aisle remain, while the tower, chancel, and nave arcade were demolished.

The building has four bays, with north and south windows featuring two cinquefoiled lights, double chamfered with simple rectilinear tracery under two-centred arched heads. These windows have diamond-leaded panes and hood moulds, surrounded by cement rendering. Buttresses are positioned between bays and at the corners, with raking tiled tops and brick quoins. The buttresses stop below a brick dentilled eaves cornice.

An original tower south door is located in the west bay on the north wall, featuring a plank door with strap hinges, a double hollow chamfered surround with a pointed arched head. A smaller door in the second bay from the east end has a moulded 19th-century surround and a pointed head. Above this door is a square stone sun-dial, angled and dated 1741, inscribed 'TEMPUS FUGIT'. A further entrance is in the west bay on the north wall, with a pointed arched head and a moulded 19th-century surround. A large 19th-century brick stack rises from the centre of the north side, ramping from a broad base at eaves to a narrow shaft with oversailing courses to a gabled cap. Brick parapets mark the gable ends.

The west end wall features a 19th-century four-light window with a four-centred head and simple Perpendicular tracery. Flushwork in a brick and flint diamond pattern decorates the gable, bearing a rendered date of 1753. Brick kneelers and corbelling are present on the parapet, along with a braced timber support for a bell, which is now missing. The east end wall has a similar 19th-century four-light window, with traces of an earlier chancel arch opening. Flushwork and braced timber support are also visible. Some stone blocks are used in the gable, and as quoins in the buttresses.

The interior has been converted into 1970s living accommodation. A double queen post roof dates back to the 18th century. A marble and alabaster monument to Sir Jeremiah Snow, who died in 1704, stands on the north wall near the west end, featuring a base with an inscription, projecting arms below gadrooning, a niche with an urn, a keyed head, and a skull finial. 17th-century floor slabs and indents for brasses remain. A 19th-century plaster font is also present. Traces of mid-19th and early 20th-century stained glass, largely removed to Church of St. Martin in 1972 following a declaration of redundancy, are apparent in the top lights of most windows.