Listed buildings in Cottam, Nottinghamshire

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Cottam is a civil parish in the Bassetlaw District of Nottinghamshire, England. The parish contains two listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Both the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest".[1] The parish contains the village of Cottam and the surrounding area, and the listed buildings consist of a church and a font in the churchyard.

Buildings[edit]

Name and location Photograph Date Notes
Holy Trinity Church
53°18′41″N 0°46′24″W / 53.31130°N 0.77327°W / 53.31130; -0.77327 (Holy Trinity Church)
12th century The church, later used for other purposes, has been altered through the centuries. It was restored in 1868–69, and again in 1890 when the bell turret was added. The church is built in stone with a slate roof, and consists of a nave and a chancel under a continuous roof, a south porch, and a bell turret on the west gable. The doorway is Norman, with two orders, one with colonnettes, and the voussoirs have chevron decoration.[2][3]
Font in churchyard
53°18′41″N 0°46′23″W / 53.31125°N 0.77318°W / 53.31125; -0.77318 (Font in churchyard)
14th century The font is in the churchyard of Holy Trinity Church. It is in stone, and consists of a bowl on an octagonal stem with an inscribed base.[4]

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  • Historic England, "Church of Holy Trinity, Cottam (1212380)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 14 April 2023
  • Historic England, "Font half a metre east of south porch at Church of Holy Trinity, Cottam (1370089)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 14 April 2023
  • Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Williamson, Elizabeth (2020) [1979]. Nottinghamshire. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-24783-1.
  • Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 14 April 2023