St Michael and All Angels' Church, Cofton Hackett
| St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Cofton Hackett | |
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 St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Cofton Hackett | |
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| 52°22′33.96″N 1°58′54.8″W / 52.3761000°N 1.981889°W | |
| Location | Cofton Hackett |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Website | standrewscofe.org.uk |
| History | |
| Dedication | St Michael All Saints |
| Architecture | |
| Heritage designation | Grade II* listed |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Anglican Diocese of Birmingham |
| Archdeaconry | Birmingham |
| Deanery | King’s Norton |
| Parish | Cofton Hackett and Barnt Green |
St Michael and All Angels' Church, Cofton Hackett is a Grade II* listed[1] parish church in the Church of England in Worcestershire.[2]
History
[edit]St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church is located on Cofton Church Lane. A church may have existed on the site in the 12th century, as a "chapel" at Cofton is mentioned in a Papal Bull of 1182.[3]
The present building certainly dates back to the 14th century and was probably built in 1330 by Robert de Leycester as a chapel for the Manor House. It was a chapel annexed to St Laurence's Church, Northfield until 1866.[4]
The church was renovated in 1861 by the architect Henry Day.[5]
The church is in a joint parish with St. Andrew's Church, Barnt Green.
References
[edit]- ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1348568)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ The Buildings of England. Worcestershire. Nikolaus Pevsner. Penguin Books.
- ^ Papal Bull Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 'Parishes: Coston or Cofton Hackett', A History of the County of Worcester: volume 3 (1913), pp. 54–57.Hackett Date accessed: 23 February 2015.
- ^ "Church of St Michael, Cofton Hackett". British Listed Buildings. britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
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