Church of Holy Trinity is a Grade II listed building in the Bassetlaw local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1967. Church.
Church of Holy Trinity
- WRENN ID
- solitary-bastion-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bassetlaw
- Constituency
- Newark MP: Robert Jenrick (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1967
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of Holy Trinity, Town Street, Cottam
- OS grid reference
- SK 818 800
- Coordinates
- 53.31129, -0.77336
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of Holy Trinity is a chapel-of-ease dating back to the 12th century, with elements from the 16th century, and restored in 1869 and 1890. The building is constructed of coursed rubble and dressed stone with ashlar quoins and dressings, and has a slate roof. It comprises a nave and chancel under a continuous roof, a south porch, and four bays.
The south side features, to the east, a single setback buttress with two setoffs. To the west are two restored double lancet windows with cusped heads, chamfered reveals, and coved mullions. Adjacent to these are a pair of restored double lancet windows with trefoil heads, similar detailing. To the right again is a single 13th-century lancet window in a chamfered reveal. The west gable has a central 19th-century double lancet with a coved reveal. Above this is a gabled ashlar bellcote dating to 1890, with a corbelled base and a round-headed opening. The north side has a setback buttress of four setoffs to the east, and a 19th-century brick and dressed stone buttress to the west. The east end has a single 19th-century triple lancet with chamfered mullions and reveal. The south porch has a chamfered plinth and a chamfered pointed arched doorway. A shouldered coped gable sits above. The inner south doorway, dating to the 12th century, has two orders, incorporating a deep zigzag pattern, a dogtooth band, and square scallop capitals. The outer order features a roll-moulded head and colonettes with square scallop capitals and wavy bands.
The interior, without aisles, has a restored 16th-century king post roof with arch braces and struts clasping the purlins. Two tie beams have Classical mouldings. Fittings include a font with a 19th-century octagonal base and stem supporting a 16th-century octagonal bowl showing panels of Arms, covered by an 18th-century timber cover with a turned knob. A canted traceried timber pulpit sits on a stone base, and there is a plain softwood lectern on a turned stem. Later 19th-century framed benches are also present. The east end contains a plain reading desk, a panelled Communion Table and chair (1934). Monuments include metal plaques inscribed with biblical verses, a plaster plaque dated "7 2 7 B S 1794," a Classical style marble and slate war memorial (1918), and a brass plaque from 1948.
Local climate
Church of Holy Trinity sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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