Relhan Collection : 137 Coton church S view

Relhan, Richard, 1782-1844

Relhan Collection

<p style='text-align: justify;'><p>Coton was a hamlet of Grantchester and St Peter’s counted as a chapel without rights of burial until 1384. Nevertheless it has a Norman chancel, early C14 S aisle and doorway and a tower with graffiti, ‘<i>Andrew Swynow … built this arch on St Wulstan’s day1481</i>’. Alterations and refenestration in the C15 are shown in Relhan’s drawing. The Diocesan Visitation Book complains of the state of the chancel, where rubbish has collected, the roof needed re-thatching and walls re-plastering. Restorations in 1863 under WM Fawcett were followed by a full restoration of the chancel by C Hodgson Fowler 1878-80 when windows of the Norman church were uncovered and reset, one in S chancel wall. The spire was rebuilt in the 1890s and the tower and spire again repaired c<i>.</i>1925. The churchyard has been much enlarged on S side, taking in Relhan’s field with cows, and it contains many gravestones.</p><p>Davis EM pers comm; RCHME 1968; VCH 1973</p></p>