Decorated and Perpendicular architectural styles of the 13th to 15th centuries. The Norman font is all that remains of an earlier church: William Bassett appears as the patron of rector Thomas in the last decades of the 12th century. A chantry was established by Ralph de Basset in 1376 and its chapel forms the present north aisle. At one time the church windows had the Basset coat of arms and devices in glass, but those of the chancel window were removed in 1788, and only a fragment now remains. At this time a stone coffin, probably of one of the Bassetts, was opened and re-interred. The Wesleyans built their first church in Sapcote in 1805. This was a successful and active congregation. The Sapcote Wesleyan Band of Hope, a Temperance group in the Hinckley circuit, was flourishing in 1880 with some 65 members. In 1902 a square stone-built church was erected. The stone was quarried by the men of the church and they made such a good job of it that the church remains as one of the best buildings in Sapcote. It opened in 1905 and is a fine example of the Arts and Crafts period. In 1806 a bath house was built by John Frewen-Turner over the so-called Golden Well in Stanton Road, in an attempt to establish a Spa at Sapcote. In the building were cold and warm baths, and treatment was given for nervous, rheumatic and scrofulous complaints. The building cost around £600: the beneficial effects of the waters were much approved by Dr Robert Chessher of Hinckley, and Prime Minister George Canning, the Duke of Wellington and Mr Lines all visited the baths. Other historical buildings include several thatched cottages, Park Farm (a timber-framed house dated 1683 in Stanton Road), the Old School in Leicester Road which was built in 1819, and the Revd. Stanley Burrough's Almshouses in Cooke's Lane, erected by Thomas Frewen in 1847 in Tudor revival style. (Stanley Burrough, MA, was Rector of Sapcote from 1779 to 1807). People Robert Bickersteth, later Bishop of Ripon, for some years was curate to his father as Rector at Sapcote. The life of the village is recorded in various memoirs. For many years Sapcote was home to the actor Bill Maynard, familiar to the television-viewing public as Selwyn Froggitt and as Claude Greengrass in Heartbeat. References External links Sapcote Club Sapcote Village Community Web Site