St John's Church, Colston Bassett is an English
parish church
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of the
Church of England
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in
Colston Bassett
Colston Bassett is an English village in the Vale of Belvoir, in the Rushcliffe district of south-east Nottinghamshire, close to its border with Leicestershire. It lies by the River Smite. The population in 2001 of 225, including Wiverton Hall, ...
,
Nottinghamshire
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. It is
Grade II listed
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by the
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as a building of special architectural or historic interest.
History
St John's Church, Colston Bassett, was built in 1892 by the architect
Arthur Brewill
Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur William Lancelot Brewill (17 May 1861 – 18 February 1923) was an architect based in Nottingham.
Background and family
He was the son of William Rastall Brewill (1804–1897) and Sophia (1820–1886). He was educated ...
at the behest of Robert Millington Knowles of Colston Bassett Hall,
High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire
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.
[ However, the work was of poor quality and the church soon needed restoration. This was begun in 1934 by ]Charles Marriott Oldrid Scott
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, and the building reopened by the Bishop of Southwell
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, the Henry Mosley on 12 August 1936, while instituting a new vicar, the Rev. John Booth.
St John's replaced an earlier parish church dedicated to St Mary, which had become ruined and was further from the village. Substantial remains of it can still be seen and are listed Grade 1 in the List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historical Interest. They date from the Anglo-Saxon
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, Norman
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(the building's greatest size was reached in 1470), and Georgian
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periods. The churchyard remains in use.
Current parish status
St John's Church, Colston Bassett is in the Wiverton group of parishes, which also includes:
* St Andrew's Church, Langar
* St Giles's Church, Cropwell Bishop
*All Saints' Church, Granby
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*Holy Trinity Church, Tythby
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* St Mary's Church, Barnstone (no longer in use)
* St Michael and All Angels' Church, Elton on the Hill
Old Rectory
The Old Rectory dates from 1834 and was designed by Henry Moses Wood
Henry Moses Wood (1788–28 September 1867) was an architect based in Nottingham.
Career
He studied in the practice of Edward Staveley, and continued the business after Staveley's death in 1837. One of his pupils, William Booker established ...
.
See also
* Listed buildings in Colston Bassett
Sources
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Church of England church buildings in Nottinghamshire
Grade II listed churches in Nottinghamshire
Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
Churches completed in 1892
19th-century Church of England church buildings
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