Church Of Holy Trinity

SK 82 SE BUCKMINSTER CHURCH LANE

Sewstern (east side) 2/4 Church of Holy Trinity

II

Former chapel of Rest , now a parish church. Built in 1842 to the designs of A. Salvin. Coursed and squared ironstone and limestone ashlar with ashlar dressings and slate roofs. Romanesque Revival style. Chamfered plinth and impost band. Windows have diamond glazing. Projecting western bellcote, nave and chancel under continuous roof. West end has central projecting bellcote, 3 stages, with a string course with masks at the corners. Central roll moulded round headed doorway with plain hood mould and shafts with scallop capitals. Studded 2 leaf plank door with scrolled hinges. Beyond, on each side, a round headed window with hood mould and shafts with scallop capitals. Above, a similar central window. Above again, a single bellcote with a chamfered round headed opening and coped gable with kneelers. Nave and chancel, 4 bays, has at each corner a shallow clasping buttress, and coped gables, that to east with a cross. On each side, 4 round headed windows with hood moulds and shafts with scallop capitals. East end has 2 larger round headed windows with linked hood moulds and shafts with scallop capitals. Above, a round window. Interior has wooden draught screen and kingpost roof with collars and wall shafts. Fittings include a rectangular open-backed alabaster pulpit with pointed blind arcades and marble shafts. C19 font with stepped square base, round foot and stem, and bowl in the form of a scallop capital. Traceried wooden reading desk integral with the altar rail. C17 carved panel back armchair. Plain stained pine benches. Boards with Decalogue, Lord's Prayer and Creed. Memorials include a re-set marble war memorial tablet, 1919.

Listing NGR: SK8895921576