Holy Trinity Church

ALTARNUN BOLVENTOR SX 17 NE 6/82 Holy Trinity Church - GV II

Parish church, now disused. 1846, built for patron Squire Rodd of Trebartha. Snecked local stone with granite plinth and granite dressings. Slate roof with lower roof to chancel. Plan: Nave and chancel, north and south transepts, south porch, vestry and belcote at junction of nave and chancel. Exterior: Small church with belcot at junction of nave and chancel. The corbelled octagonal belcote has four pierced openings and a conical roof surmounted by a finial. C19 3-light Perpendicular tracery in 4-centred arched window openings in gable ends of nave and chancel, transepts and similar windows in north and south walls of nave; the windows have been boarded now that the church is disused. Gabled south porch with C19 inner door. Interior: C19 plastered walls and C19 arch braced roof. Roof of nave and transepts of similar height with lower roof to chancel. Roughly dressed granite columns to chancel arch with moulded caps and bases. Octagonal font with bowl decorated with quatrefoils and crosses. Simple C19 furnishings. The separate parish of Bolventor was formed in 1846. Axford, E.C. Bodmin Moor, 1975.

Listing NGR: SX1802276547