Cold Overton: St John Baptist

Name:
Cold Overton: St John Baptist
Record Type:
Church
Church code:
619151
Diocese:
Leicester
Archdeaconry:
Leicester
Parish:
Cold Overton

Statutory Designation Information

Listed Building?
This is a Grade I Listed Building
View more information about this Listed Building on the National Heritage List for England web site
Scheduled Monument?
There is no Scheduled Monument within the curtilage or precinct

National Park

The church is not in a National Park

Conservation Area

The church is in the following Conservation Area: Cold Overton

Heritage At Risk Status

On Heritage At Risk Register?
This church is not on the Heritage at Risk Register
 

Approximate Date

Approximate Date:
Medieval

Exterior Image

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Summary Description

A church has existed on this hilltop site for nearly a thousand years in close association with the adjacent Cold Overton Hall. It is a modest, essentially thirteenth century building with an expensively decorated c.1300 south nave aisle and an early fifteenth century steeple with much sculptural decoration. The roofs were well renewed in the late nineteenth century and the chancel nicely refurnished in 1926. The original wall paintings of the south aisle have suffered from damp.

Visiting and Facilities

The church is open for worship.
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Church Website

Church Website:
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Sources and Further Information

Leicestershire County Council (2017) Leicestershire & Rutland Historic Environment Record (HER) HER Number: MLE11558 [Digital Archive/Data]
Mark Stewart Architect (2019) Practical Completion Certificate [Digital Archive/Document]
Practical Completion Certificate
PW Rycroft (18 April 2019) Photograph 1 [Digital Archive/Document]
Photograph 1
PW Rycroft (25 April 2019) Photograph 2 [Digital Archive/Document]
Photograph 2
PW Rycroft (25 April 2019) Photograph 3 [Digital Archive/Document]
Photograph 3
PW Rycroft (25 June 2019) Photograph 1 [Digital Archive/Document]
Photograph 1
Peter Rycroft (2020 11 December) St John the Baptist Cold Overton Oil tank screen [Digital Archive/Document]
St John the Baptist Cold Overton Oil tank screen
Church of England (2021) A Church Near You https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/3479/ [Digital Archive/Index]
View information on worship and access at this church
Church Buildings Council (2019) Church Bells 3 Bells [Archive/Index]
3 Bells