Church of St Botolph is a Grade II* listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1955. A Medieval Parish church.

Church of St Botolph

WRENN ID
late-flagstone-heath
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 June 1955
Type
Parish church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St Botolph, Bradenham
OS grid reference
SU 828 971
Coordinates
51.66682, -0.80366
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

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.

Local climate

Church of St Botolph sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% 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 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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