Baxterley Village Church by munki-boy
Baxterley Village Church
Grade II listed Baxterley Village Church has many historic features. The oldest is possibly the chancel which dates to around the 13th Century with the nave dating to around the 14th Century. The west frontage dates to the 16th and 17th centuries, with most the remainder of the structure having been rebuilt and and added to around 1875 by Paull and Bickerdike.
Built from various types of sandstone, the east wall of the chancel and nave is constructed mostly of coursed squared rubble. The nave, aisle, vestry and porch are of regular coursed stone. The timber-framed porch has rendered infill.
The plain-tile roofs have coped gable parapets, with trefoiled gablet kneelers to the nave and aisle with cross finials. The chancel has had buttresses added in the 19th Century along with the remains of an old south buttress.
The low-side window to the south which was restored in the 15th Century south low-side window is unglazed, with bars and 19th Century shutter. The vestry has a three-light, straight-headed window on the east with reset 15th Century trefoiled “ogee” heads.
Inside Baxterley VIllage Church has monuments to Thomas Shaw 1772. The Boultbec family dated to 1806 and to Thomas Strong dated 1723.
Created: 24 June 2021 Edited: 29 November 2023
Baxterley Village Church
Local History around Baxterley Village Church
There are some historic monuments around including:
Medieval deanery, Lower GungateDrakenage Farm moated site, a fishpond and associated closesGrendon BridgeChurchyard cross in St Cuthbert's churchyardMerevale Abbey, a Cistercian monastery, associated water control features and industrial remainsAlvecote priory and dovecoteRemains of Polesworth AbbeyPolesworth BridgeFurnace End BridgeDouble moated site 60m east of Baxterley churchKingsbury Hall: a medieval enclosure castle and post-medieval house.
