Church Of Holy Trinity

The Church of Holy Trinity is a parish church largely dating from the 19th century, with earlier elements. It incorporates fabric from the 12th and 14th centuries, and was partly rebuilt in 1873 by Sir George Gilbert Scott, with a chancel enlarged in 1886 by Temple Moore, and the tower renewed by Hodgson Fowler in 1895. The church is constructed of squared greenstone rubble with limestone ashlar dressings, and has ashlar and lead roofs.

The church comprises a western tower, a nave, north and south aisles, a chancel, and a south porch. The three-stage greenstone tower has a plinth, chamfered string courses, a plain parapet, corner gargoyles, and crocketed pinnacles. The belfry openings are re-cut 15th century, featuring two louvred openings with ogee heads and hollow chamfered surrounds. A 15th century west doorway has a moulded surround and triangular head. Above this is a four-light 15th century window with a hollow moulded surround and 19th century panel tracery, over which is a trefoil-headed light. A wider buttress on the north side serves as a stair tower. The ashlar north aisle has a re-cut 14th century two-light west window with trefoil heads to the lights and a quatrefoil above. There is a bell moulded plinth and cill band, and three broad stepped buttresses. A pointed doorway with a moulded surround, along with three two-light 19th century flat-headed windows (with ogee heads to the lights), are also present. A tall 19th century chapel has a pair of ogee-headed lights and a facetted stack. A pent-roofed vestry has a four-centred arched doorway and a reset 16th century two-light window, deeply set with cusped heads to the lights and a label hood mould. The 15th century east window has a hollow chamfered surround with 19th century re-cut panel tracery and a small quatrefoil in the gable. The south side features two largely re-cut 14th century, 19th century three-light flat-headed windows with cusped ogee heads to the lights. The south aisle has a taller, similar two-light east window and two south windows; westernmost coping is moulded with a cusped and crocketed gablette. A 19th century gabled porch has angle buttresses, a continuously moulded pointed outer doorway, a two-light eastern window, and a 19th century inner doorway with a moulded pointed head.

Inside, a double-chamfered pointed north nave arcade has octagonal piers and capitals, moulded bases. The south nave arcade was recut by Sir G. G. Scott and may have been originally from the 12th century, with a scalloped capital and chamfered arches. The church includes a 19th century chancel screen and pews, and a window by Kempe dating from 1896. The interior was not available for inspection during the listing process.