St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Cofton Hackett | |
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52°22′33.96″N1°58′54.8″W / 52.3761000°N 1.981889°W Coordinates: 52°22′33.96″N1°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]
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.
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