Parish Church of Holy Trinity is a Grade I listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1956. Church. 1 related planning application.
Parish Church of Holy Trinity
- WRENN ID
- dusted-hammer-dale
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1956
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Parish Church of Holy Trinity, Bincombe
- OS grid reference
- SY 686 845
- Coordinates
- 50.65984, -2.44498
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of Holy Trinity is a significant building located in Bincombe, with parts dating back to the late 12th century. The chancel and nave were originally constructed in this period, with later rebuilding of the chancel's south wall in the 15th century and the east wall in the 19th century. The nave's north wall and the west tower were also rebuilt in the 15th century. A south porch was added in the 17th century, incorporating older materials. The church underwent extensive restoration in 1862.
The exterior features rubblestone walls with free stone dressings, topped with slate and stone slate roofs. The chancel has a late 19th-century east wall and window, while the north wall shows traces of a blocked 12th-century window. The south wall contains two partly restored 15th-century windows, each with two trefoiled lights in a square head, complete with moulded reveals and labels. The nave's north doorway, dating from the 17th century, is blocked and has chamfered jambs and a rounded head. The south wall features two much restored 15th-century windows with square heads and labels. There is also a square-headed opening in the east end of the south wall that once lit the former rood loft, which is now blocked.
The west tower, built in the 15th century, has two stages and a parapet. Its west window consists of two trefoiled lights with blind spandrels in a square head, and the bell chamber has a two-light window on each wall, similar to the west window. The 17th-century south porch has an outer archway with jambs and a pointed arch of two chamfered orders.
Inside, the chancel arch from the 12th century features half-round responds with moulded capitals and bases adorned with sput ornaments, leading to a pointed arch. The chancel roof is ceiled in plaster, while the nave has plain king post trusses from the 19th century. Notable fittings include a round bowl font made of Purbeck stone with a chamfered under edge and remnants of fastenings for a lid from the 13th century, though the stem is modern. Additionally, there is a stoup by the south doorway, which consists of a recess with a pointed head and a rounded bowl, the latter of which is partly broken away.
Local climate
Parish Church of Holy Trinity receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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