Building record 0242300000 - ST BOTOLPH'S CHURCH, BRADENHAM

Summary

Medieval and post-medieval church of St Botolph at Bradenham.

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Listed Building (II*) 1125779: CHURCH OF ST BOTOLPH
Planning Notification Area: Medieval parish church of St Botolph, Bradenham

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PARISH CHURCH (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Grade II+. Parish church. Nave originally c.1100, with C15-early C16 W. tower; N. chapel added 1542 by William, second Lord Windsor; chancel rebuilt 1863-5 by G.E. Street; C19 S. porch. Flint with stone dressings, the N. chapel rendered. W. tower is of 2 stages with diagonal buttresses, moulded parapet, paired lights with 4-centred heads to bell-chamber, and similar single light to S. side. W. side has 3-light Perpendicular window over moulded doorway with depressed arch and Tudor hoodmould. Canted stair projection on N. side. Nave has 2 bays of C14-C15 2-light traceried windows, very much restored. Romanesque S. doorway with inner and outer roll-mouldings, flanking half-columns, blind tympanum, and lintel with diaper and cable ornament. Chancel has traceried windows, one 2-light to S. and 3-light to E. N. chapel has W. door with moulded 4-centred arch, terracotta panel with stag's head, partly blocked entry to crypt, and windows with 4-centred heads, 2 2-light to N., 3-light to E. Interior has wide unmoulded arch to tower and C19 double-chamfered chancel arch. C19 piscina, sedilia and arches to N. chapel. 1742 altar, early C20 communion rails by Canon Vernon Staley, C20 screen and rood. Some C16-C17 heraldic glass in N. chapel, 1887 Jubilee window in tower. Other fittings C19 and C20. Black and white marble monument with caryatids in N. chapel, in memory of Charles West, 1684, attributed to William Kidwell. RCHM I.p.61-62. Records of Bucks XV p.34 (B8).
Flint with stone dressings. Nave c.1100, W tower C15, N chapel added 1542 by William, 2nd Lord Windsor. Chancel rebuilt 1865 BY G E Street. C19 south porch (B1-4).
Description of church in C17 (B5).
Although Norman, S doorway has Saxon-looking elements & nave has Saxon proportions. ?Saxon foundations (B4,B6-7).
Included in a collection of sketches of Buckinghamshire churches by Charlotte Pigott in the early 1840s (B10).

Sources (10)

<1>SBC26953 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 3). Volume 3. pp556-558.
<2>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp36-37.
<3>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 1. pp61-62.
<4>SBC11706 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1960. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. pp70-71.
<5>SBC5683 Article in serial: Robert Gibbs. 1889. 'STATE OF THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE PARISH CHURCHES IN THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES: PART 2, IN RECS OF BUCKS 6 PP245-258. Vol 6, part 3. pp256-257.
<6>SBC7135 Bibliographic reference: KNIGHT R G ANGLO-SAXON CHURCHES OF CENTRAL & S BUC KS PP50-52 & FIG5 15-16 (TYPESCRIPT THESIS; COPYA.
<7>SBC7089 Article in serial: Charles E Keyser. 1900. 'THE NORMAN DOORWAYS IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM', IN RECS OF BUCKS 8 PP221-233. Vol 8, part 3. pp222-223, & Plate 1.
<8>SBC20224 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Wycombe District: Parishes of Bledlow &C. p31.
<9>SBC10416 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1960. OS 1960 SIX INCH MAP. 1:10,560.
<10>SBC23373 Article in serial: Elliott Viney. 1991. Bucks Churches in the Eighteen-Forties. Plate 1, p69.

Location

Grid reference	SU 82826 97125 (point)
Civil Parish	BRADENHAM, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire