Church Of Holy Trinity

The Church of Holy Trinity is a parish church dating from the 12th century, with significant alterations and additions throughout the 13th, 15th, and 19th centuries. The church's origins lie in a 12th-century chancel arch, which was moved to the north side of the chancel during a 19th-century renovation. The majority of the visible structure is from the 13th century, with numerous 14th-century windows that have been repaired or restored. A 15th-century south porch and a west tower, likely built in 1504 following a bequest, are also features of the church. A 19th-century vestry was added later. The church was extensively restored in 1879 by J.L. Pearson.

The church is constructed from coursed ironstone rubble with ironstone ashlar detailing. The chancel and porch have steeply pitched stone slate roofs laid in diminishing courses, while the nave and south aisle roofs are not visible. Stone coped gables and a stone flue on the north side are also present. The church comprises a chancel, nave, south aisle, south porch, and west tower.

The chancel has a 3-light east window with renewed reticulated tracery in Clipsham stone, featuring a hood mould and headstop. The south side has three 2-light windows with trefoiled lights, with repairs to the stonework on the central window, and a lower sill on the westernmost window. Hood moulds and label stops are present on these windows. The north side of the nave features four 2-light windows with trefoiled heads, these being wholly renewed in Clipsham stone in the 19th century; one window is situated in the former north doorway. A 19th-century vestry is also present on the north side. Clerestory windows, four on each side, are 2-light Perpendicular style with hood moulds and label stops. The nave features stone parapets and a gable with a housing for a Sanctus bell. The south aisle has a 2-light window with renewed ironstone tracery and mullion, and a 3-light window with trefoiled lights and a square head with weathered label stops. A “lively rustic carving of a man and an ox under a 14th-century canopy,” as noted by Pevsner, is located to the left of the latter window and is now weathered. The Perpendicular south porch has a pointed arched doorway with a hood mould and label stop, and features two scratch dials to the right of the entrance.

The west tower consists of two stages, with a crenellated parapet and Clipsham stone pinnacles. It has a 3-light Perpendicular window on the west side and a 2-light louvred window to the bell stage. Diagonal buttresses are present, along with a moulded stone plinth and a staircase projection on the south.

The interior includes a 12th-century chancel arch, now situated in the north wall of the chancel with cable and zigzag decoration, and a 13th-century style chancel arch inserted by J.L. Pearson. A 2-bay south arcade features three octagonal stone piers on a 19th-century stone base, with stiff leaf decoration and heads incorporated into the foliage of the capitals. The nave, chancel, and south aisle have roofs dating to the 19th century. A font from approximately 1800 is present, along with 19th-century fittings such as pitch pine benches, oak choir stalls, a pulpit, and a lectern. 19th-century tiles are also incorporated. Stained glass by Jones and Willis of Birmingham was erected in 1909, 1920 and 1921; the east window in the chancel was designed by Edmund Sedding, with main lights by Henry Casolani, and executed by Powell. A marble wall plaque in the chancel commemorates Edward and Rebecca Hughes, dated 1722.