Church Of The Holy Trinity

The Church of the Holy Trinity is a Grade II* listed church located on Church Street in Ardington. The building dates back to the 12th century, with the nave from that period, while the chancel, side chapels, and north tower were added in the 13th century. A north porch was constructed in the 14th century. The church underwent significant restoration in the 19th century, including the refacing of the tower and the addition of a spire by Joseph Clarke around 1856. Further alterations by Somers Clarke around 1887 included lengthening the nave, rebuilding the south aisle and north chapel, and decorating the chancel.

The exterior features roughcast on the nave and chancel, likely over coursed squared stone, with coursed squared stone used for the north chapel and tower. The roof is made of stone slate. The church has a four-bay nave with a south aisle, chancel with side chapels, and a north tower. On the north side, there is a gabled porch to the left of the nave with double outer doors leading to a two-centre archway. The church has a Romanesque doorway with a studded plank door, a Romanesque lancet window in the center of the nave, and a Y-tracery window to the right. The north chapel features 19th-century lancets and a two-centre arched doorway with a plank door. The chancel has a two-light stone mullion window with a hood mould, a west window with four-light intersecting tracery, and an east window with three-light rectilinear tracery. The south side includes 19th-century paired lancets, a four-light stone mullion and transom window to the right of the aisle, and possibly a reset Y-tracery window.

The tower has a two-light reticulated tracery window on its north face and a broach spire. Inside, the chancel features a 19th-century arch-braced collar truss roof with two rows of windbraces, a wooden reredos with a triptych, and stencil decoration on the walls and roof. There are 19th-century choir stalls and an organ case, along with a two-centred chancel arch of three orders on columns and a 19th-century screen to the chancel with wrought-iron gates. The nave has an eight-bay arch-braced collar-truss roof and a 17th-century hexagonal wood pulpit to the left of the chancel arch. The south aisle arcade consists of four two-centre arches, with a basket arch to the south aisle chapel on corbels, featuring a green-man carving. A notable monument in the nave depicts a kneeling female figure in marble by E.H. Baily.