St Nicholas, Loxley, Warwickshire

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Location
(52°10′28″N, 1°37′21″W)
Site Location
Loxley
National Grid Reference
SP 259 530
Boundaries
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Warwickshire now Warwickshire
Diocese
medieval Worcester now Coventry
Dedication
Type of building/monument
Report authors
  • Harry Sunley

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Feature Sets
Description

Mainly 18thc. and consisting of nave, chancel and a 13thc. W tower on S side of church. There is Herringbone work inside chancel N wall and outside chancel S wall, and a plain, flattened round arch but these may be 18thc. (Pevsner). Romanesque sculpture is found on the pillar piscina.

History

In the second half of the 12thc., Loxley was granted by Basilia, daughter of Robert, son of Odo of Loxley, to the canons of Stone, at that time a cell of Kenilworth.

Features

Furnishings

Piscinae/Pillar Piscinae

Comments/Opinions

Bibliography
VCH 3:132
Pevsner and Wedgewood, 345