St Michael and All Angels' Church, Cofton Hackett

St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Cofton Hackett

St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Cofton Hackett
52°22′33.96″N 1°58′54.8″W / 52.3761000°N 1.981889°WCoordinates: 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
Parish Cofton Hackett and Barnt Green
Deanery King’s Norton
Archdeaconry Birmingham
Diocese Anglican Diocese of Birmingham

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

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

  1. ↑ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1348568)". National Heritage List for England.
  2. ↑ The Buildings of England. Worcestershire. Nikolaus Pevsner. Penguin Books.
  3. ↑ Papal Bull
  4. ↑ 'Parishes: Coston or Cofton Hackett', A History of the County of Worcester: volume 3 (1913), pp. 54–57.Hackett Date accessed: 23 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Church of St Michael, Cofton Hackett". British Listed Buildings. britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
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