Description

UTKINTON C.P. STABLE LANE
SJ 56 NE
(East Side) Cotebrook
6/32 Church of St John

GV II

Church: 1874-5 by G E Street. Tooled red sandstone rubble with
ashlar dressings. Red tile roof and pierced ridge. 4-bay nave under
a steeply pitched roof, short chancel over a basement vestry and a
small north-east tower. Small rectangular nave windows of 3 trefoil
headed lights. Chancel has a sill band and 2 lancets over a basement
with a door with a shaped Caernarvon arch and a 2-light chamfered
mullioned window. East end is divided by a low buttress and has a
triple lancet window with weak trefoil heads. Small rectangular tower
in the angle between nave and chancel has buttresses to 1st storey. A
band rises above the clock and above this are thin louvred lancet bell
openings. Pyramidal cap with weathervane. West window has an
interesting arrangement of 4 lancets with trefoil heads and a
quatrefoil above. To left side is a chamfered and moulded 2-centred
arched entrance to an internal porch with a simpler door.
Interior: Nave contains the porch. Windows have splayed reveals and
segmental heads. Arch-braced roof with cut wind-braced purlins.
Chancel arch has a triple hollow chamfered moulding and the chancel is
vaulted in brick with bands of stone. Memorial east window to Sir P de
M G Egerton by Kempe 1882. C17 painting of the Adoration of the Magi
over the altar. Octofoil font on cluster of 8 shafts.

Listing NGR: SJ5712565567

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St John's Church, Cotebrook at Wikipedia
• St John's Church, Cotebrook official website
• Wikidata Q15979376

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)