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.