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″N1°58′54.8″W / 52.3761000°N 1.981889°W / 52.3761000; -1.981889
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

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 . Retrieved 27 February 2015.
2. The Buildings of England. Worcestershire. Nikolaus Pevsner. Penguin Books.
3. Papal Bull Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
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.