Church of St Bartholomew is a Grade I listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Bartholomew
- WRENN ID
- errant-rampart-oak
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Bartholomew, Church Street, Groton
- OS grid reference
- TL 959 416
- Coordinates
- 52.03889, 0.85589
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Bartholomew is a Grade I listed building located on Groton Church Street. This 15th-century structure is built from flint with stone dressings, while the lower part of the west tower dates back to the 13th century. The church underwent restoration in the 19th and 20th centuries. The west tower features diagonal buttresses and a castellated parapet with flint panel work. The nave, aisles, and south porch also have castellated parapets. The church holds significant historical interest due to its connection with the Winthrop family; John Winthrop, who died in 1649, led the Puritan emigration to New England in 1630, founded the city of Boston, and was the first governor of the state of Massachusetts, USA. It is graded for its historical importance.
Local climate
Church of St Bartholomew 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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