Church of the Holy Trinity is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Church.
Church of the Holy Trinity
- WRENN ID
- still-courtyard-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of the Holy Trinity, Harrow Hill, Drybrook
- OS grid reference
- SO 647 164
- Coordinates
- 51.84592, -2.51268
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of the Holy Trinity is a parish church built in 1817. It is constructed from roughly squared stone that is more or less coursed, with ashlar dressings, and features a slate roof. The church has a wide, three-bay nave, a small chancel, and a west tower, along with north and south porches.
On the south side, there is a plain ashlar plinth, and the porch is located at the center of the nave. The original planked door is set in a pointed arch and accessed by stone steps with simple iron railings. A plain string course runs across the gable at the springing of the arch to the door. Flanking the nave wall are two three-light windows with pointed heads, Y tracery, and hood moulds. The church has angle buttresses at the corners of the nave, porch, and tower, with plain copings on all gables.
The tower is divided into three stages by plain string courses. It features a small lancet window at the top of the first stage, a small circular window in the second stage, and a two-light window with louvres and Y tracery at the top, all with raised surrounds. The tower is topped with a crenellated parapet. The entrance on the west face of the tower has a pointed head and a string course at the springing level, which breaks forward with consoles below the door.
Inside, the nave is a plastered hall with a flat ceiling. There is a western gallery with a panelled front supported by timber Doric columns, accessed by an external stone stair. The chancel features a plain stone arch and a pointed plaster barrel vault. On either side of the east window, there are painted plaques displaying the Ten Commandments. This church is noted as the first Anglican church built within the Forest of Dean.
Local climate
Church of the Holy Trinity receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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