Church Of Holy Trinity

SANDWELL MB TRINITY STREET/SOUTH ROAD SP 08 NW HIGH STREET, SMETHWICK 9/144 Church of Holy Trinity

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Church. 1887 - 9 by Francis Bacon of Newbury. Tower and spire, and some re-used stone, remain from previous church of 1838 by Thomas Johnson of Lichfield. Punched sandstone ashlar with some limestone dressings and imitation slate roofs. Comprises a west tower with spire, nave and chancel under a continuous roof, and north and south aisles under pitched roofs. The west tower has clasping buttresses, and a pointed west doorway with lancet window above. On each side are two lancet bell openings. The spire is set back behind a parapet. Both aisles have a west window of four lights with Geometrical tracery. The aisles have paired lancet windows with buttresses between bays. The north aisle is of five bays and has a doorway to the right of its eastern bay. The south aisle is of four bays, with a gabled porch to the left which has a pointed doorway. The east window of the north aisle is a triple stepped lancet above a lean-to Vestry. The east windows of the south aisle and chancel have Geometrical tracery, the former of three lights, the latter of six lights. Interior: five-bay arcades with round piers, foliated capitals and pointed arches. Two western bays on each side filled by late C20 concrete block walls and west end of nave partitioned to form foyer. Main nave roof trusses have tie-beams, arch-braced collars, king-posts and central vertical iron rods. Alternate trusses have scissor-braced collars. The moulded pointed chancel arch has clustered columns as responds.

Listing NGR: SP0204388542