Church Of St Botolph

The Church of St. Botolph is a parish church located in Bradenham Village. The nave dates back to around 1100, while the west tower was constructed in the 15th to early 16th century. A north chapel was added in 1542 by William, the second Lord Windsor. The chancel was rebuilt between 1863 and 1865 by the architect G.E. Street, and there is a 19th-century south porch. The church is primarily built of flint with stone dressings, although the north chapel is rendered.

The west tower features two stages with diagonal buttresses, a moulded parapet, paired lights with four-centred heads in the bell-chamber, and a similar single light on the south side. The west side has a three-light Perpendicular window above a moulded doorway with a depressed arch and a Tudor hoodmould. There is a canted stair projection on the north side. The nave contains two bays of 14th to 15th-century two-light traceried windows, which have been extensively restored. The south doorway is Romanesque, featuring inner and outer roll-mouldings, flanking half-columns, a blind tympanum, and a lintel decorated with diaper and cable ornament.

The chancel has traceried windows, including a two-light window on the south and a three-light window on the east. The north chapel includes a west door with a moulded four-centred arch, a terracotta panel depicting a stag's head, a partly blocked entry to the crypt, and windows with four-centred heads, including two two-light windows on the north and a three-light window on the east.

Inside, there is a wide unmoulded arch leading to the tower and a 19th-century double-chamfered chancel arch. The north chapel features a 19th-century piscina, sedilia, and arches. The altar dates to 1742, with early 20th-century communion rails by Canon Vernon Staley, a 20th-century screen, and rood. The north chapel contains some 16th to 17th-century heraldic glass, along with an 1887 Jubilee window in the tower. Other fittings are from the 19th and 20th centuries. A black and white marble monument with caryatids in the north chapel commemorates Charles West, who died in 1684, and is attributed to William Kidwell.