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St Botolph's Church
ST BOTOLPH'S CHURCH, in Trumpington Street, next to Corpus Christi College, was built in the Decorated style, as shown by the pillars of the nave and the tower, and especially by the entrance doorway of the latter.
The aisles are in the Perpendicular style. The chancel was rebuilt after the Decorated style. There is a side Chapel, probably a mortuary chapel, connected with the south aisle.
The blocked entrance doorway to this is seen towards the west, and traces of an altar were found towards the east wall.
In the chapel is a painted half-length effigy (reminding one of the monument of Shakespeare in Stratford upon-Avon), of Dr. Thomas Playfere, Regius Professor of Divinity, who died in 1609; it was formerly in the chancel.
