Description

SP 9436-9536 ASPLEY GUISE CHURCH STREET
5/14 Church of St Botolph
23.1.61
GV II*
Parish church. Medieval origins, extensively reworked early and later C19.
Mainly coursed ironstone with ashlar dressings. Tower of coursed limestone
rubble. Clay tile roofs to chancel and chapel. Slate roofs to nave and
aisles. Chancel, N rector's vestry, N organ chamber and choir vestry, 8
chapel, nave, N and S aisles,W porch/tower. Chancel: late C19, 3-light
pointed-arched E window, 2-light pointed S window. N rector's vestry: late
C19, with 2-light window and flat roofed C20 brick addition adjoining to N. N
organ chamber/choir vestry: late C19 projecting gable, with flat-headed 4-
light N window. S (Nativity) Chapel: late C19. 2-light pointed E window, 3-
light square-headed S window, and 3-centred arched S doorway. Nave: C15,
reworked C19. 4-bay N and S arcades, parts of N one original. Clerestories on
both sides have 4 2-light square-headed windows. C19 embattled parapets. N
aisle: E part (now N chapel) is medieval, partly reworked C19. Slightly
taller W part C19, probably 1855. W part has 3 square-headed 3-light windows.
E part has 3-light square-headed window and 4-centred headed doorway
surmounted by 2-light square-headed window. 3-light E window gives onto N
organ chamber. Rose window to W. Embattled parapet. W porch/tower: C15,
repaired C17, C18 and 1855. 3 stages, divided by string courses, with
diagonal buttresses to W angles. C19 embattled parapet. Square-headed 2-light
window to each side of bell-stage. S elevation has pointed-arched doorway
surmounted by square-headed single light. W elevation has pointed-arched
dooway. Interior: roofs mainly C19, except N aisle E end retains one original
moulded king-post truss with figured corbels. N aisle has C15 traceried
screen. C14 circular font with 4 moulded shafts forming corners. N aisle has
tomb chest with effigy of knight, probably Sir William Tyrington, e1400. N
aisle floor has brasses, one to John Danvers, rector, c1410, other c1500,
probably to Sir John de Gyse IV. 2 polychrome marble wall monuments to N
aisle N wall, to Francis Norcliffe, 1724, and William Wright 1807. Chancel N
wall has brass, in simple marble strapwork surround, to William Stone, rector
from 1583 to 1617.
E.M.R. Ditmas The Parish Church of St Botolph, Aspley Guise: A Short History
1970.

Listing NGR: SP9424936248

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17551294

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