St Botolph (Boston)

St Botolph in Boston (Lincolnshire) (formally St Botolph's Church of the Parish of Boston) is also known as Boston Stump known Anglican parish church of the East Anglian town. It is characterized by its 83 m (272 ft) high church tower closed with an octagon . The church, with its tower that can be seen from afar, is also called "the Lighthouse of the Fens ". The church is part of the Greater Churches Group.

history

Watercolor by James Harrison (1821)

The Boston Stump, Photo: Martin Clark

The construction of the existing decorated style church named after St. Botolph began in 1309 under Sir John Truesdale; the choir and nave were completed around 1390. The tower, construction of which began around 1450, was not completed until the beginning of the 16th century in the perpendicular style . In 1612 the church was damaged by militant Puritans . It also suffered damage in the English Civil War in 1643. The choir vault was rebuilt in the 18th century and the east window was added in the 19th century. A major restoration took place from 1851 to 1853.

investment

The nave is 74 m long and 32 m wide. It is completed by the choir with the high altar in the east. The wooden nave vault from the 18th century was removed in the 20th century.

The lantern of the tower vault is provided with pinnacles .

Furnishing

The church has 62 misericords from 1390. The pulpit of the nonconformist vicar John Cotton is preserved in the nave.

The library above the portal has 150 prints from before 1600. Various pieces of equipment were added in the 19th century, including a baptismal font by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin .

26 bells hang in the tower. 10 bells are used to ring the bell ; 15 are carillon bells.

View through the nave with the organ (left)

The organ was built by the organ builder Harrison and Harrison. The instrument has 41 stops on three manual works and a pedal. The actions are electro-pneumatic.

Pedals C – f 1 01. Open Wood 16 ′ 02. Diapason (= No. 17) 16 ′ 03. Dulciana (= No. 9) 16 ′ 04th Sub bass 16 ′ 05. Octave Wood (Ext. No. 1)0 08th' 06th Flute (Ext. No. 4) 08th' 07th Ophicleide 16 ′ 08th. Trombone (ext. No.7) 08th'

I Choir Organ C – a 3 09. Contra Dulciana 16 ′ 10. Open diapason 08th' 11. Lovely covered 08th' 12. Viole d'Orchestre00 08th' 13. Gemshorn 04 ′ 14th Piccolo 02 ′ 15th Orchestral oboe 08th' 16. Clarinet 08th' Tremulant

II Great Organ C – a 3 17th Double diapason 16 ′ 18th Open Diapason I 08th' 19th Open Diapason II 08th' 20th Open Diapason III 08th' 21st Stopped diapason 00 08th' 22nd Hollow flute 08th' 23. Octave 04 ′ 24. Forest flood 04 ′ 25th Octave Quint 02 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 26th Great Octave 02 ′ 27. Mixture III 28. Tromba 08th' 29 Octave Tromba 04 ′

III Swell Organ C – a 3 30th Violin diapason 08th' 31. Lovely covered 00 08th' 32. Echo gamba 08th' 33. Voix Celestes 08th' 34. Principal 04 ′ 35. Lovely tide 04 ′ 36. Fifteenth 02 ′ 37. Mixture III 38. oboe 08th' Tremulant 39. Double trumpet 16 ′ 40. Trumpet 08th' 41. Clarion 04 ′

literature

• Simon Jenkins: England's Thousand Best Churches . 1999: Allan Lane - The Penguin Press. ISBN 0-713-99281-6 . P. 367 ff.

Web links

Commons : Boston Stump  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ information on organ (English)

Coordinates: 52 ° 58 '43 "  N , 0 ° 1' 33"  W.