Church Of The Holy Trinity,Gateway And Ralings

The Church of the Holy Trinity, along with its gateway and railings, is a parish church built in 1836 by Robert Stokes for David Ricardo, MP. It is constructed of ashlar limestone and features a concrete tile roof. The church has a nave with aisles and a very short chancel, as well as a gallery at the north end and a school located in the undercroft. The design reflects a rather plain Early English style, characterized by a parapet gabled west end with large kneelers at the central part. Above the moulded pointed doorway, which is accessed by a wide flight of stone steps, is a pointed triplet window. Each aisle has a single lancet window, and the sides are buttressed with seven bays, featuring diagonal buttresses at the corners. Each bay contains a plain lancet window, while the undercroft has square-headed windows.

Inside, the church has high seven-bay aisle arcades that originally featured slender iron columns, now encased in Norman style 20th-century piers. The nave has a flat panelled ceiling, and the aisles are supported by transverse Tudor arches. The chancel arch is moulded and features triple attached jamb shafts. At the north end, there is a panelled lobby with a gallery above, which has an openwork carved tracery front. The south chancel window, which is liturgically the east window, contains good stained glass, likely by Henry Payne, and the aisle windows have coloured glass margins. Most fittings appear to be contemporary, although some reordering has occurred.

Plain iron railings run along the roadside to the west, with a gateway that has panelled stone octagonal piers topped with moulded caps and contemporary iron gates. The church was built during the subdivision of the ecclesiastical parish of Minchinhampton.