Old Holy Trinity Church is a Grade I listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. A Medieval Church.
Old Holy Trinity Church
- WRENN ID
- muted-brass-cobweb
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Holy Trinity Church is a former parish church now cared for by The Churches Conservation Trust. It dates from the 14th and 15th centuries, featuring a chancel and a south tower, while the nave was demolished in 1889. The church has coursed rubble stone walls with stone quoins, a stone slab roof, and stone gable copings, with medieval elements at the east end and 19th-century elements at the west end.
The south tower has two to three stages, with a string course above the second stage and an embattled parapet adorned with gargoyles. There are plain square-headed bell openings on both the east and west faces, along with two-light trefoil-cusped windows featuring panel tracery, with a renewed label and mullion from the 20th century. The tower is supported by short two-stage buttresses. The north wall of the chancel has a two-light window with ogival trefoil-cusped heads set in a square head, while the east window is blocked, likely in the 18th century, although the label with head-stops remains. The west doorway features a pointed arch with continuous bracket-moulding from the 14th century, and a plank door that is studded and equipped with two strap hinges.
Inside, there is a large pointed arch in the west wall, possibly the former chancel arch, and a two-centred arch leading to the tower, with plain chamfered jambs and spur stops. The font is a plain stone bowl from the 13th century, set on a 20th-century stem and base. The sanctuary rails and reredos feature turned balusters with a top rail that ramps to the corners, fluted pilaster posts at the corners, and a wooden reredos topped with a broken pediment and a gilded urn at the center. The panelling beneath the pediment displays the Lord's Prayer, the Ten Commandments, and the Creed, dating to the 18th century. The roof consists of three bays of arch-braced collar construction with one set of butted purlins. The internal measurements are approximately 21 feet by 10 feet 6 inches, while the tower measures 7 feet by 6 feet.
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