Church of Holy Trinity

The Church of Holy Trinity is a parish church largely dating to the late 13th century, with a chancel from the mid 14th century. A tower was added in 1767, as indicated by a datestone reading “Built at the expense of the Rt Hon the Earl of Hertford 1767.” The church was restored and a north aisle and chapel were added in 1865, the latter built for Admiral Heynell.

The nave and chancel are constructed of coursed limestone rubble, while the aisle and chapel are of regular coursed lias. Ashlar dressings are used throughout, and the tower is roughcast. The church’s composition includes a nave, chancel, west tower, north aisle, and chapel.

All walls have a battered plinth and buttresses. The chancel features Decorated windows; three lights to the east, and two-light openings in the north and south walls, the latter with a blocked priest's door between them. Diagonal buttresses are present. The nave has a re-set 12th-century south doorway with single shafts and block capitals, and a round arch featuring chamfer and roll moulding. Three-light windows are incorporated, with the central window being Decorated, having intersected tracery.

The tower is in three stages, with angle buttresses to the first stage and string courses. It is topped by a battle-mented parapet with Gothic panelled pinnacles. The west door is a four-centre arched double leaf with a hood mould. There is a single light on the north and south sides. The second stage has quatrefoil windows with hood moulds, and the datestone is on the south side. Bell openings are arched, with cusped Y-tracery. The north aisle has a double leaf Gothic west door with a three-light window above it, and the walls of the aisle and chapel are treated as a single unit. Windows have varied tracery.

Inside, all roofs date to 1865. The chancel is four steps above the nave and contains a 14th-century piscina now at floor level, as well as an encaustic tile floor. A simple, continuously chamfered chancel arch is present. The nave has a small piscina in the south wall, and a three-bay arcade with round and octagonal piers and double-chamfered arches. A simple tower arch is also present. The north aisle showcases two re-set tomb recesses in the north wall, each with three-centred arches and a small recess between them. A rich two-bay arcade connects the north chapel and chancel.

Fittings include altar rails and tower paneling from the late 18th/early 19th century, and a mid-17th century pulpit. A reredos was added in 1870. Stained glass includes old armorial glass in the tower's south window, along with some 19th-century glass. The 1865 restoration cost £2,000. The north aisle occupies the site of an earlier aisle.