St Botolph's Church, Shepshed

St Botolph's Church, Shepshed
St Botolph's Church, Shepshed
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Anglo Catholic
History
Dedication	St. Botolph
Administration
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Leicester
Parish	Shepshed

St Botolph's Church, Shepshed is the Church of England Parish Church in Shepshed, Leicestershire.

Background

It is the most westerly church dedicated to St Botolph and was founded in the 11th century.^[1] It is a Grade I listed building.

The church sits on top of the highest point in Shepshed, probably on the site of an ancient pre-Christian site of worship. The oldest surviving part of the church, the west tower and spire, dates from the 13th century. The nave, with clerestory and aisles, and chancel are all 15th-century. It is constructed mainly from Charnwood granite with Swithland slate roofing.

The south transept with vestry by Albert Herbert.^{[clarification needed]} The pulpit is by R. Norman Shaw.

Bells

The church has a ring of bells for bell ringing. The present set of bells were all cast in 1948 at the nearby Taylor's Bell Foundry in Loughborough.

Bell	Weight	Nominal	Diameter
Bell	hundredweights-quarters-pounds	Nominal	Diameter
Treble	4-1-23	F	26.50 "
2	4-3-12	E	27.63"
3	5-1-6	D	29.00 "
4	6-0-16	C	31.00 "
5	7-1-4	Bb	33.50 "
6	8-0-0	A	35.00 "
7	10-1-24	G	38.56 "
Tenor	15-0-0	F	43.50 "

Organ

The church has a two manual pipe organ by Henry Willis, located in an organ loft to the east of the nave. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register

References

^ "Shepshed Conservation Area: Character Appraisal: Adopted September 2007" (PDF). Charnwood. Charnwood. p. 10. Retrieved 30 December 2015. Although there is no evidence for any buildings dating from the same time as the church (11th century), many buildings may have an older core than their outward appearance would suggest, ...

External links

52°46′21.50″N 1°17′18.00″W / 52.7726389°N 1.2883333°W / 52.7726389; -1.2883333

[1] "Shepshed Conservation Area: Character Appraisal: Adopted September 2007" (PDF). Charnwood. Charnwood. p. 10. Retrieved 30 December 2015. Although there is no evidence for any buildings dating from the same time as the church (11th century), many buildings may have an older core than their outward appearance would suggest, ...

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