Church Of St John

The Church of St John, built between 1874 and 1875 by architect G E Street, is located on Stable Lane in Cotebrook. It is constructed of tooled red sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and features a red tile roof with a pierced ridge. The church has a four-bay nave beneath a steeply pitched roof, a short chancel over a basement vestry, and a small north-east tower. The nave windows are small and rectangular, each containing three trefoil-headed lights. The chancel features a sill band and two lancet windows above a basement that includes a door with a shaped Caernarvon arch and a two-light chamfered mullioned window. The east end is divided by a low buttress and has a triple lancet window with weak trefoil heads. The small rectangular tower, located at the junction of the nave and chancel, has buttresses up to the first storey, with a band rising above the clock and thin louvred lancet bell openings above that. It is topped with a pyramidal cap and a weathervane. The west window showcases an interesting arrangement of four lancets with trefoil heads and a quatrefoil above. To the left side, there is a chamfered and moulded two-centred arched entrance leading to an internal porch, which has a simpler door.

Inside, the nave contains the porch, and the windows feature splayed reveals and segmental heads. The arch-braced roof includes cut wind-braced purlins. The chancel arch is adorned with a triple hollow chamfered moulding, and the chancel itself is vaulted in brick with stone bands. Notable interior features include a memorial east window dedicated to Sir P de M G Egerton, designed by Kempe in 1882, a 17th-century painting of the Adoration of the Magi above the altar, and an octofoil font supported by a cluster of eight shafts.