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St Mary and St Botolph

St Mary And St Botolph

Thorney

Cambridgeshire

A monastery was founded circa 670 destroyed in Danish raid of 870

Architectural Features

C10

refounded in 972 for Benedictine monks.

In circa 1085 church was rebuilt by Abbot Guenther

completed circa 1108.

In 1638 the ruined church was restored as parish church, when the aisles were demolished and the arcades were filled in with Perpendicular windows.

The round arched clerestory has one Norman bay on south side.

The west front has massive Norman angle turrets with octagonal tops and Perpendicular battlements and has frieze of 9 figures between and over the large partly blocked Perpendicular west window, with portal beneath dated 1638.

The east end is in Norman style by Blore 1840-1, ashlar with short transepts and vaulted inside.

Sortie German or Swiss stained glass in nave windows.