Church of Saint Botolph is a Grade I listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1967. Church.
Church of Saint Botolph
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1967
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of Saint Botolph, Lullingstone Lane, Eynsford
- OS grid reference
- TQ 529 644
- Coordinates
- 51.35839, 0.19598
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of Saint Botolph is a Grade I listed building, possibly of Norman origin, with visible evidence from the 14th, 16th, and 18th centuries. It is constructed of knapped flint with a strip of red brick along the top and has a slate roof. The nave and lower chancel are likely Norman and were altered in the early 14th century. The church features decorated two and three-light windows, with the east window being reticulated. The early 16th-century north chapel is made of brick with stone dressings. A large early 18th-century stuccoed south porch and west bell turret were designed by Percyvall Hart, who died in 1738.
Inside, the church boasts fine 18th-century plaster ceilings, window surrounds, and a chancel arch decorated with alternate mitres and crowns. There is a notable late perpendicular rood screen featuring pomegranates of Aragon and the rebus of Sir John Peche, along with an 18th-century balustrade, pulpit, benches, and a black and white marble pavement. The stained glass from the 14th, 16th, and 18th centuries was made by W Peckitt of York. The church contains significant monuments, including one to Sir John Peche (died 1922), a standing wall monument to Sir Percyvall Hart (died 1581), a monument to Sir George Hart (died 1587), and Percyvall Hart (died 1738) featuring fine rococo Gothic arcading, as well as a hanging monument to Anne Dyke (died 1763) in the style of Sir Henry Cheeres. The church is associated with Lullingstone Castle.
Local climate
Church of Saint Botolph sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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