Church Of The Holy Trinity

SO 24 SE CLIFFORD CP B 4348 (north side) Hardwick

5/81 Church of the Holy Trinity

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Parish church. 1849/1851. By Thomas Tudor of Monmouth. Ashlar, tile roof. Decorated style. Chancel, south porch, nave and north vestry. Nave: 3 windows to south wall, porch between western pair, each window has 2 trefoiled lights under a 2-centred head with stopped labels; porch has 2-centred arch as does south door, with small single trefoiled lights to side walls; 5 stepped buttresses; west wall: window above west door has 3 trefoiled lights with tracery above, head has a stopped label; west door also has stopped label; both are framed by 2 large buttresses supporting the open bell cote above which has two 2-centred head openings with 2 bells; surmounted by a cross finials; north wall has 3 windows similar to south, and a lancet at east end. Chancel: south wall: 2 lancets, diagonal buttress to corner; east window: 3 trefoiled lights with tracery above and label. North vestry has 2 lancets in east wall, flanking ashlar stack. Interior: full set of contemporary fittings. Roof: nave: 4-bay hammer beam with intermediate trusses; chancel: wooden ribbed barrel vault. Glass: east and west windows of 1851 by John Bell of Bristol. The ecclesiastical parish of Hardwick was formed from Clifford in 1853. (K R Clew, 1984 Church Guide Book).

Listing NGR: SO2704443779