All Saints church can be found in the heart of the village of Cotgrave with its stately west spire standing proud amongst the densely arboreal surroundings of its churchyard, which does make a complete view of the building's exterior somewhat elusive. Most of the building is of 14th to 15th century date and consists of an aisled nave and a smaller and curiously off centre chancel. The west tower is of a design typical in this area of Nottinghamshire.

Within the church is surprisingly bright and modern, the new furnishings and nave roof bearing testament to the major restoration necessitated by an arson attack in 1996 that caused serious fire damage to the nave and tower. The off-set chancel beyond happily survived more or less undamaged, as did the font and the wooden eagle of the lectern. A new feature is the Christus figure above the chancel arch, along with two recent windows in the nave aisles.

I'm not sure what normal arrangements are for visitors here but suspect it is normally kept locked outside of service times. We visited on one of the diocesan open-church weekends in 2012 (see the entry for Cotgrave on their website below).
southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/cotgrave/hintro.php

However the enduring memory for Colin & I here will be the sense of astonishment we both felt upon first entering this church when a complete stranger suddenly exclaimed he knew who we were and called us both out by name! We were both absolutely gobsmacked and had no idea who the gentleman was and how he knew who we were, but once we got chatting it became clear we had a Flickrfriend who's appearance was less familiar to us than ours were to him! I can thoroughly recommend his photostream too for anyone with an interest in churches and architecture of the 19th century in particular.

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All Saints church can be found in the heart of the village of Cotgrave with its stately west spire standing proud amongst the densely arboreal surroundings of its churchyard, which does make a complete view of the building's exterior somewhat elusive. Most of the building is of 14th to 15th century date and consists of an aisled nave and a smaller and curiously off centre chancel. The west tower is of a design typical in this area of Nottinghamshire.

Within the church is surprisingly bright and modern, the new furnishings and nave roof bearing testament to the major restoration necessitated by an arson attack in 1996 that caused serious fire damage to the nave and tower. The off-set chancel beyond happily survived more or less undamaged, as did the font and the wooden eagle of the lectern. A new feature is the Christus figure above the chancel arch, along with two recent windows in the nave aisles.

I'm not sure what normal arrangements are for visitors here but suspect it is normally kept locked outside of service times. We visited on one of the diocesan open-church weekends in 2012 (see the entry for Cotgrave on their website below).
southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/cotgrave/hintro.php

However the enduring memory for Colin & I here will be the sense of astonishment we both felt upon first entering this church when a complete stranger suddenly exclaimed he knew who we were and called us both out by name! We were both absolutely gobsmacked and had no idea who the gentleman was and how he knew who we were, but once we got chatting it became clear we had a Flickrfriend who's appearance was less familiar to us than ours were to him! I can thoroughly recommend his photostream too for anyone with an interest in churches and architecture of the 19th century in particular.

Tags:   Cotgrave church Nottinghamshire

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All Saints church can be found in the heart of the village of Cotgrave with its stately west spire standing proud amongst the densely arboreal surroundings of its churchyard, which does make a complete view of the building's exterior somewhat elusive. Most of the building is of 14th to 15th century date and consists of an aisled nave and a smaller and curiously off centre chancel. The west tower is of a design typical in this area of Nottinghamshire.

Within the church is surprisingly bright and modern, the new furnishings and nave roof bearing testament to the major restoration necessitated by an arson attack in 1996 that caused serious fire damage to the nave and tower. The off-set chancel beyond happily survived more or less undamaged, as did the font and the wooden eagle of the lectern. A new feature is the Christus figure above the chancel arch, along with two recent windows in the nave aisles.

I'm not sure what normal arrangements are for visitors here but suspect it is normally kept locked outside of service times. We visited on one of the diocesan open-church weekends in 2012 (see the entry for Cotgrave on their website below).
southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/cotgrave/hintro.php

However the enduring memory for Colin & I here will be the sense of astonishment we both felt upon first entering this church when a complete stranger suddenly exclaimed he knew who we were and called us both out by name! We were both absolutely gobsmacked and had no idea who the gentleman was and how he knew who we were, but once we got chatting it became clear we had a Flickrfriend who's appearance was less familiar to us than ours were to him! I can thoroughly recommend his photostream too for anyone with an interest in churches and architecture of the 19th century in particular.

Tags:   Cotgrave church Nottinghamshire

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All Saints church can be found in the heart of the village of Cotgrave with its stately west spire standing proud amongst the densely arboreal surroundings of its churchyard, which does make a complete view of the building's exterior somewhat elusive. Most of the building is of 14th to 15th century date and consists of an aisled nave and a smaller and curiously off centre chancel. The west tower is of a design typical in this area of Nottinghamshire.

Within the church is surprisingly bright and modern, the new furnishings and nave roof bearing testament to the major restoration necessitated by an arson attack in 1996 that caused serious fire damage to the nave and tower. The off-set chancel beyond happily survived more or less undamaged, as did the font and the wooden eagle of the lectern. A new feature is the Christus figure above the chancel arch, along with two recent windows in the nave aisles.

I'm not sure what normal arrangements are for visitors here but suspect it is normally kept locked outside of service times. We visited on one of the diocesan open-church weekends in 2012 (see the entry for Cotgrave on their website below).
southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/cotgrave/hintro.php

However the enduring memory for Colin & I here will be the sense of astonishment we both felt upon first entering this church when a complete stranger suddenly exclaimed he knew who we were and called us both out by name! We were both absolutely gobsmacked and had no idea who the gentleman was and how he knew who we were, but once we got chatting it became clear we had a Flickrfriend who's appearance was less familiar to us than ours were to him! I can thoroughly recommend his photostream too for anyone with an interest in churches and architecture of the 19th century in particular.

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All Saints church can be found in the heart of the village of Cotgrave with its stately west spire standing proud amongst the densely arboreal surroundings of its churchyard, which does make a complete view of the building's exterior somewhat elusive. Most of the building is of 14th to 15th century date and consists of an aisled nave and a smaller and curiously off centre chancel. The west tower is of a design typical in this area of Nottinghamshire.

Within the church is surprisingly bright and modern, the new furnishings and nave roof bearing testament to the major restoration necessitated by an arson attack in 1996 that caused serious fire damage to the nave and tower. The off-set chancel beyond happily survived more or less undamaged, as did the font and the wooden eagle of the lectern. A new feature is the Christus figure above the chancel arch, along with two recent windows in the nave aisles.

I'm not sure what normal arrangements are for visitors here but suspect it is normally kept locked outside of service times. We visited on one of the diocesan open-church weekends in 2012 (see the entry for Cotgrave on their website below).
southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/cotgrave/hintro.php

However the enduring memory for Colin & I here will be the sense of astonishment we both felt upon first entering this church when a complete stranger suddenly exclaimed he knew who we were and called us both out by name! We were both absolutely gobsmacked and had no idea who the gentleman was and how he knew who we were, but once we got chatting it became clear we had a Flickrfriend who's appearance was less familiar to us than ours were to him! I can thoroughly recommend his photostream too for anyone with an interest in churches and architecture of the 19th century in particular.

Tags:   Cotgrave church Nottinghamshire

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