Church of St Bartholomew is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1983. A Victorian Church.
Church of St Bartholomew
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-bailey-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1983
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Church of St Bartholomew, Oare, Hermitage, Newbury, Chieveley
- OS grid reference
- SU 505 739
- Coordinates
- 51.46201, -1.27351
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. Bartholomew is a church that dates back to the 15th century but was almost completely rebuilt in the Decorated style in 1852, likely by B. Ferrey. It is constructed of flint with Bath stone dressings and has tiled roofs. A gabled bellcote is located on the ridge to the west, featuring a cusped arched opening. The church consists of a nave and a chancel.
The nave includes a south doorway with a four-centered arch, carved spandrels, and a square hood mould with carved stops. To the right of the doorway is a two-light square-headed window with a hood mould. There is a buttress at the southeast corner. The west end features a window with two cusped lights and a quatrefoil above, also with a hood mould. The north side has two two-light square-headed windows, each with hood moulds. A central re-set 15th-century doorway has a four-centered arch, carved spandrels, and a square hood mould, with a buttress to the northeast.
In the chancel, the south side has a two-light window with a hood mould, and the east window has three lights with panelled tracery and a cross on the gable above. The interior contains 19th-century fittings throughout.
Local climate
Church of St Bartholomew sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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