Withcote Chapel

Withcote Chapel
A chapel in one cell with a battlemented parapet and crocketted pinnacles at the corners
Withcote Chapel from the northwest
Withcote Chapel is located in Leicestershire
Withcote Chapel
Withcote Chapel
Location in Leicestershire
52°38′38″N 0°49′31″W / 52.6440°N 0.8254°W / 52.6440; -0.8254
OS grid referenceSK 795 057
LocationWithcote, Leicestershire
CountryEngland
DenominationAnglican
WebsiteChurches Conservation Trust
Architecture
Functional statusRedundant
Heritage designationGrade I
Designated29 December 1966
Architectural typeChurch
StyleGothic
GroundbreakingEarly 16th century
Completed1744
Specifications
MaterialsIronstone with limestone dressings, and lead roofs

Withcote Chapel is a redundant Anglican church in the parish of Withcote, Leicestershire, England (grid reference SK795057). It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building,[1] and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] Alec Clifton-Taylor includes the church in his list of 'best' English parish churches.[3]

  1. ^ Historic England, "Withcote Chapel (1074845)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 April 2015
  2. ^ Withcote Chapel, Withcote, Leicestershire, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 29 March 2011
  3. ^ Clifton-Taylor, Alec (1974), English Parish Churches as Work of Art, London: Batsford, p. 246, ISBN 0-7134-2776-0