St Botolph's Chapel, Botesdale | |
Location: | Chapel Lane, Botesdale, Suffolk, IP22 1RG |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 52.3428°N 1.0062°W |
Osgraw: | TM 04877 75890 |
Denomination: | Anglican |
Churchmanship: | Central Anglican |
Founded Date: | Circa 14th Century |
Status: | Parish church |
Heritage Designation: | Grade II* |
Designated Date: | 29 July 1955 |
Architectural Type: | Chapel of ease |
Diocese: | St Edmundsbury and Ipswich |
Province: | Canterbury |
Priestincharge: | Christopher Norburn |
St Botolph's Chapel is located in Botesdale, Suffolk. Built as a chapel of ease for the parish church of St Mary's Church, Redgrave, it now serves as the parish church, since St Mary's was declared redundant in 2004.[1] It is a Grade II* listed building.[2]
The earliest reference to the chapel was in a court roll in 1338, but in 1470 the chapel was converted to a chantry using land and property left by John Sheriffe.[3]
In 1547 the chapel passed to the Crown following the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and in 1576 the chapel building was converted to use as a grammar school founded by Sir Nicholas Bacon. It closed as a school in 1878, reverting to use as a chapel of ease in 1883.