St Botolph's Church, Shepshed
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St Botolph's Church, Shepshed is the Church of England Parish Church
in Shepshed
, Leicestershire
.
The church sits on top of the highest point in Shepshed, probably on the site of an ancient pre-Christian site of worship. The church is 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
. The pulpit is by R. Norman Shaw.
.
Church of England parish church
A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within the smallest and most basic Church of England administrative region, known as a parish.-Parishes in England:...
in Shepshed
Shepshed
Shepshed, often known until 1888 as Sheepshed, is a town in Leicestershire, England with a population of around 14,000 people...
, Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...
.
Background
It is the most westerly church dedicated to St Botolph. It is 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 church is 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
Charnwood
Charnwood may refer to:* Charnwood , a local government district in the county of Leicestershire, England* Charnwood , an electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England...
granite
Granite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
with Swithland
Swithland
Swithland is a linear village in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is in the old Charnwood Forest, between Cropston and Woodhouse and Woodhouse Eaves. Although small, it has a village hall, a parish church, and a pub. The village is known for the slate that was quarried in the...
slate
Slate
Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. The result is a foliated rock in which the foliation may not correspond to the original sedimentary layering...
roofing.
The south transept with vestry by Albert Herbert
Albert Herbert
Albert Charles Herbert was a British abstract and religious artist, painter and etcher.-Education:...
. 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 LoughboroughLoughborough
Loughborough is a town within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and is home to Loughborough University...
.
| Bell | Weight | Nominal | Diameter |
|---|---|---|---|
| hundredweights-quarters-pounds | |||
| 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 " |