Church of St Bartholomew is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1967. A Victorian Church.

Church of St Bartholomew

WRENN ID
sombre-ledge-sedge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peak District National Park
Constituency
Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 February 1967
Type
Church
Period
Victorian
Address
Church of St Bartholomew, Butterton, Staffordshire Moorlands
OS grid reference
SK 075 565
Coordinates
53.10638, -1.88803
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St. Bartholomew is a parish church built between 1871 and 1873 by architect Ewan Christian, with a west spire added in 1879 by Sugden. The church is constructed from squared and coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and features clay tile roofs with coped verges. It has a two-bay chancel and a three-bay nave that includes a south porch, a north aisle, and a west tower topped with a stone spire, all designed in a style reminiscent of the late 13th century. The north aisle has two gables, and the west tower consists of three stages, featuring an offset plinth, a belfry band, a moulded parapet band, a crenellated parapet with crocheted corner pinnacles, and gabled openings leading to the spire.

Inside, the church has a north arcade supported by cylindrical columns, a pointed chancel arch that springs from moulded corbels, and a pointed lower arch. The nave roof is supported by scissor braces, while the chancel roof is boarded. Notable fittings include an octagonal sandstone font dating from around 1300 and 17th-century oak chairs located in the west tower and chancel. There is also a wooden plaque in the nave that commemorates Mrs. Ruth Stubs, who bequeathed funds for the curate and the poor of Butterton in her will from 1775.

Local climate

Church of St Bartholomew receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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