Church Of The Holy Trinity

The Church of the Holy Trinity is a 12th-century church with alterations and restoration from the 13th, 14th, 15th, and 19th centuries. It is constructed of flint rubble with limestone and clunch dressings, rendered, and has red plain tile roofs. The 12th-century nave features two north windows, one extensively restored from the 15th century and one 16th-century window with brick surrounds, composed of two four-centred lights under a square-headed outer order. A blocked north doorway has Roman brick in the jambs, and a blocked door indicates the former presence of a rood loft. A four-bay south arcade, partly late 13th century and mainly 14th century, has octagonal columns with moulded bases and capitals. The 13th-century chancel has a 19th-century east window, with remnants of a 14th-century window still visible. A 13th-century window with two lancet lights, an external rebate, and linked labels is found on the north wall, featuring a moulded rear arch and shafted jambs. A similar window exists in the south wall, alongside a 19th-century window at the western end. The church retains a 13th-century south door, a 19th-century chancel arch, and a 19th-century organ chamber on the north wall. The 14th-century south aisle incorporates a section of a 13th-century south transept. The east wall of the aisle has a 15th-century window of three cinquefoiled lights with tracery within a two-centred head, with hollow moulded reveals. South windows include one 14th-century window of two cinquefoiled lights with a quatrefoil in a two-centred head, and one 13th-century window of two trefoiled lights also with a quatrefoil in a two-centred head, seemingly relocated from the transept. A 14th-century south doorway has two chamfered orders. A modern window has been added to the west. The 15th-century west tower has three stages, diagonal buttresses, an embattled parapet, and a small timber spire rising from a south-east stair turret. The tower arch has two chamfered orders, half-round shafts with moulded capitals and bases. A west window features three cinquefoiled lights with tracery in a two-centred head. The west doorway has two moulded orders—the inner order two-centred, the outer square-headed, with quatrefoils and blank shields in the spandrels. Small single-light windows are situated on the second stage, and the bell chamber has four windows of two cinquefoiled lights with a quatrefoil in a two-centred head. A 15th-century south porch has a two-centred arch of two orders, with engaged octagonal shafts. The porch’s east and west windows have square heads with two cinquefoiled lights. The 15th-century nave roof has four armed octagonal crown posts with moulded capitals and bases. A brass memorial is present in the chancel, dated 1689 for Knollys. The south aisle contains a cupboard with linenfold panels, formerly used as a late 16th-century font case. A late 15th-century font cover, octagonal with a spire and traceried sides, is also present. A 13th-century piscina is found in the chancel with shafted jambs and a trefoiled head. The church also houses a late 15th-century oak pulpit, hexagonal, featuring moulded frames, cinquefoiled elements, and pinnacled decoration.