Church Of The Holy Trinity

The Church of the Holy Trinity is a Decorated Gothic church, largely dating from circa 1275, although the bases of the nave arcades are thought to be from circa 1240. It is constructed of coursed stone rubble with freestone dressings and has lead roofs.

The church's design is characterised by clerestory windows with two trefoiled lights and square heads. The north aisle contains early 14th-century, two-light, depressed arched windows and a doorway. The wide south aisle features an early 14th-century east window with three stepped lancets under a single arch, the central light having an ogee head. The south windows are 17th-century reconstructions using reused materials, appearing almost semi-circular arched with 19th-century tracery, the other windows of the south aisle resembling those of the north aisle. A south porch, dated 1675, incorporates a 15th-century roof that was reset during its construction. The chancel is topped with an embattled parapet and includes a mid-14th-century, five-light east window with reticulated tracery, a late 13th-century north window, a three-light south window flanked by niches with cusped heads, and a two-light window with a transom above a south door with an ogee arch. The north chapel has a reset late 13th-century east window and a rebuilt north wall with reset 14th-century windows.

The circa 1300 or early 14th-century west tower was heightened in the 15th century. It has three stages with angle buttresses and wide corner buttresses on all corners, all featuring set-offs. A quatrefoil opening appears in the second stage and a cusped lancet on the west side. The tower has 15th-century, two-light bell openings and an embattled parapet.

Inside, the church contains a Decorated three-bay north and south arcade with double chamfered arches and octagonal piers with moulded capitals. There is a treble chamfered tower arch and a double chamfered chancel arch, with the chapel arch to the chancel having double hollow chamfers. The south door of the chancel has early 14th-century foliated iron hinges. The church’s roof is from the late 19th century. A 15th-century octagonal font has a panelled bowl and stem. Four hatchments from the late 18th/early 19th centuries are located in the north chapel. There is an early 16th-century painting of St Christopher in the north aisle, and two circa 1300 piscinas, each with a trefoiled head, in the chancel and north chapel. A 15th-century bell and fragments of 13th-century stained glass are also present. Other notable features include a late 13th-century knight effigy; a black marble table top on alabaster legs, with an arched back panel, commemorating Elizabeth Talbot (1629); a monument by Chantrey depicting Lady Mary Seymour (1827); and a decorated tomb chest with a canopy for the Countess of Aboyne (1830).