Church of St Botolph is a Grade II* listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1959. A Medieval Church.

Church of St Botolph

WRENN ID
slow-stair-furze
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 November 1959
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St Botolph, Church Lane, Barford
OS grid reference
TG 106 079
Coordinates
52.62876, 1.11182
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St. Botolph is a parish church dating from the 13th and 15th centuries, with restorations from the 19th century. The building features partially rendered flint with ashlar dressings and slate roofs. It has a 15th-century aisleless nave, a west tower, and a porch. The chancel, which dates from the 13th century, has three lancet windows on the south side and a Perpendicular-style east window. The nave is adorned with four large Perpendicular windows that retain their original tracery. The west tower is supported by diagonal buttresses and includes traceried bell openings and sound holes. Inside, there is a 15th-century tower arch and chancel arch, both with polygonal responds and two-ordered wave-moulded heads. There are remains of three niches on either side of the chancel arch, indicating the locations of former side altars, along with a piscina to the south. A rood or pulpit stair is located to the north. The church also features a 16th-century screen with Flamboyant traceried heads supported on turned baluster shafts, and a 14th-century polygonal font with shallow blind tracery. The roofs were replaced in the late 19th century in a Gothic style.

Local climate

Church of St Botolph sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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