We share with the Churches Conservation Trust in the care of St Bartholomew’s, Basildon.
St Bartholomew's, Lower Basildon,is a 700-year-old brick and flint building, which was made redundant by the Church of England in 1973 and is now protected and preserved by the The Churches Conservation Trust.
The church is open daily and there are occasional services through the year. As there is no heating installed in the building, most services and events take place during warmer weather.
The building houses several stunning memorials, including brass effigies of John Clerk and his wife Lucie, both in medieval costume. Jethro Tull, the father of modern farming has a memorial here & the nineteenth-century memorial for Sir Francis Sykes has a statue of a woman weeping by John Flaxman, famous for his Wedgewood designs.
There are concerts and events throughout the year, organised by a small but enthusiastic group of ‘Friends’ and often featuring the excellent St Bartholomew’s choir (see their Facebook page here @stbartschoir).
