Church of St Botolph is a Grade II* listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1954. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Botolph
- WRENN ID
- broken-nave-moss
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 November 1954
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Botolph, Church with Chapel Brampton
- OS grid reference
- SP 718 657
- Coordinates
- 52.28488, -0.94879
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Botolph is a Grade II* listed church located in Brampton, dating from the 14th century with 19th-century additions. It is constructed of squared coursed lias with ashlar dressings and features a slate and lead roof. The church has an aisled nave, a chancel, and a west tower. The south elevation of the chancel, added in the 19th century, includes two 2-light windows with reticulated tracery and a moulded stone eaves gutter with a gargoyle. The gabled roof has ashlar gable parapets, kneelers, and a finial. The east window is a 3-light design with reticulated tracery, and the north aisle has a similar gabled projection. The south aisle, dating from the 14th century, features a 3-window range of 3-light windows with reticulated tracery, with similar windows on the east and west sides. There is a lean-to roof with ashlar parapets, and a porch is situated between the first and second windows from the right.
The west tower consists of three stages, with a 2-light window in the first stage featuring quatrefoil tracery and 2-light windows on each face of the third stage. The tower is topped with a crenellated parapet and has crocketted pinnacles at the corners. Inside, the nave has a 4-bay double chamfered arcade supported by octagonal piers. There is a double chamfered chancel arch and a chamfered tower arch. The nave roof is reputed to date from around 1802, while the chancel roof is from the late 19th century. The east window and a window in the north aisle contain stained glass by C. Parish, based on a drawing by Professor Erckhart of Dresden. Another window in the north aisle is by John Poyntz, and there is a fragment of medieval glass in the centre window of the north aisle. A tablet over the south door is dated 1675.
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 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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