Church Of St Bartholomew

SK 05 NE BUTTERTON C.P. BUTTERTON

4/59 Church of St. Bartholomew 1.2.67.

G.V. II

Parish Church. 1871-3 by Ewan Christian, West spire 1879 by Sugden. Squared and coursed rubble with ashlar dressings; clay tile roofs with coped verges. 2 bay Chancel; 3 bay nave with south porch; North aisle; West tower with stone spire. Late C13 style. 2 gables to North aisle; West-Tower of 3 stages with offset plinth, belfry band moulded parapet band, crenellated parapet with crocheted corner pinnacles, gabled openings to spire. Interior: N, arcade on cylindrical columns; pointed Chancel arch springing from moulded corbels; pointed lower arch; Nave roof has scissor braces, Chancel roof is boarded. Fittings: Octagonal sandstone font of C1300; C17 oak chairs in West tower and Chancel. Wooden plaque in nave with inscription: "Mrs. Ruth Stubs / late of Butterton did by / her laft will give to the / Curate of this Church ye / fum of Ten Pounds to / be paid Yearly for ever / And the Yearly sum of / Five Pounds the Profits /of one half a Beaft-grafs / in the Clews to the poor / of Butterton for ever / The Rev. J. Read Curate /John Cantull Church / Warden 1775." B.O.E.Page 92.

Listing NGR: SK0759356580