Church Of Holy Trinity

SU 22 NW GRIMSTEAD EAST GRIMSTEAD (west side)

6/91 Church of Holy Trinity

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Anglican church, 1857 by F.H. Pownall. Knapped flint with ashlar dressings, roof has alternate plain and fish-scale tiles with coped verges and cross finials. Geometric-style. Nave with bellcote, chancel, north vestry and south porch. Heavily detailed timber porch on stone plinth, pointed door has marble columns and hood mould with foliated terminals. South side nave has 1-light and 2- light cusped lancets, continuous moulded string course. Chancel has cusped lancets and diagonal buttresses to east end, 3-light east window is geometric-style with hood mould with foliated terminals. North vestry has 2 chamfered pointed windows to east wall, and shouldered-arched door to north with Decorated circular window on right. North side nave has 3 cusped lancets. West end has pointed window with 2-light plate tracery and hood mould with terminals, diagonal buttresses. Interior: Brick interior walls with bands and decorative patterns in vitrified brick. Nave has scissor roof with no bay divisions. Pretty arcade to vestry from chancel has slender marble shafts. All original fittings including pews, pulpit, font and choir stalls. (N. Pevsner, Buildings of England: Wiltshire, 1975.)

Listing NGR: SU2245527251