Church Of Holy Trinity

The Church of Holy Trinity is a parish church dating from 1840, designed by Manners of Bath. It is constructed of random rubble with limestone dressings, slate roofs featuring raised coped verges and kneelers, and a pyramidal roof to the tower. The church comprises a nave, north and south transepts, a crossing tower, and a chancel, all executed in a Neo-Norman style.

The three-bay nave has recessed bays to the north and south, each containing a round-headed single light window with a continuous hood mould, a cill string, and a plinth with corbels. A round-headed west door is flanked by shafts with scalloped capitals, leading to double doors with raised fillets and decorative ironwork. Above the door is a two-light window set within a recessed bay that mirrors the jamb-shafts and corbelled cill string of the lower openings, and features a Lombard frieze to the gable end. The north and south transepts, each single bay, have a two-light window in the gable end, with a lancet window above, a plinth, and corbelled returns.

The two-stage crossing tower features a large two-light window on all sides at the upper stage, with jamb shafts and a central shaft, double round-moulded heads to the lights, and a triple-moulded head overall. Bell louvres are located in the upper sections, while the lower stage is plain with pierced crosses. The tower is distinguished by shafts at the corners and limestone quoins, a corbelled cornice, and a weathervane.

The single-bay chancel has a two-light east window set within a recess featuring a plain mullion and surround, with single lights on each side, a cill string, a continuous hood mould, and a lancet above. A lean-to addition to the north includes an east light and a door, while a south porch provides access to the priest's door and features an east light. A 20th-century single-story addition for a church room is attached to the north side.

Inside, the nave is characterized by a rib-vaulted plaster ceiling in three bays, incorporating bosses at the junctions, with ribs rising from demi-shafts featuring varied carved capitals and corbels. Quadruple shafts support a roll-moulded arch to the tower crossing, with similar vaulting throughout. The tower vault meets at a central circle adorned with three cherubs' heads. The chancel ceiling mirrors the nave’s design in three bays. Five clustered shafts, north and south, support the chancel arch, featuring two central chevronned capitals forming a triple arch, with the central opening taller than the others, beneath the main chancel arch. Doors to the north and south of the chancel have jamb-shafts, and a reredos includes corbels and a diamond frieze. Fittings include an octagonal stone pulpit with wooden rails reminiscent of Norman columns with a Lombard frieze, and a square font with a scalloped bowl and cable-moulded edge.