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St Bartholomew's Church is the redundant Church of England parish church of
Basildon Basildon ( ) is the largest town in the borough of Basildon, within the county of Essex, England. It has a population of 107,123. In 1931 the parish had a population of 1159. It lies east of Central London, south of the city of Chelmsford and ...
in the English county of Berkshire. It lies in the
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of
Lower Basildon Lower Basildon is a small English village in the civil parish of Basildon, near Pangbourne, in the county of Berkshire. Amenities Shops and restaurants Upper Basildon has a sub-post office (located in St Stephen's Church) and a pub-restaurant ...
and is now owned by the
Churches Conservation Trust The Churches Conservation Trust is a registered charity whose purpose is to protect historic churches at risk in England. The charity cares for over 350 churches of architectural, cultural and historic significance, which have been transferred in ...
. The church is designated by
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as a Grade I
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.


Building

The church was built in the late 13th century out of
flint Flint, occasionally flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone. Flint was widely used historically to make stone tools and sta ...
with stone dressings, with an old tiled roof. The west tower of 1734 is of grey brick with red dressings and has three stages. Below the louvred bell stage, containing four bells, is a clock on the south side. The church plan consists of
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,
chancel In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may terminate in an apse. Ov ...
, south porch and north aisle. The gabled porch is 19th-century, as are the lean-to north aisle and chancel roof of 1876. In the chancel wall is a 14th-century chest tomb, reused as a monument to Sir Francis Sykes, who died in 1804 and to his son. There is a 15th-century font.


Churchyard

The churchyard is notable as the resting place of Jethro Tull, the 18th-century modernising farmer, whose modern
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can be seen there. He died in 1741 but according to his gravestone, he was buried on 9 March 1740. This apparent confusion is due to the burial date being in the
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.


See also

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List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in South East England The Churches Conservation Trust, which was initially known as the Redundant Churches Fund, is a Charitable organization, charity whose purpose is to protect historic churches at risk, those that have been made redundant church, redundant by the ...


References


External links


Royal Berkshire History: Basildon Church
Church of England church buildings in Berkshire Grade I listed churches in Berkshire Churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust Former churches in Berkshire {{England-church-stub