Former Church of the Holy Trinity (Now Known As Old Trinity Church) is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1974. Church. 4 related planning applications.
Former Church of the Holy Trinity (Now Known As Old Trinity Church)
- WRENN ID
- spare-string-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Beaconsfield MP: Joy Morrissey (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1974
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Former Church of the Holy Trinity (Now Known As Old Trinity Church), Trinity Road, Marlow, SL7 3AN
- OS grid reference
- SU 848 869
- Coordinates
- 51.57501, -0.77679
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Former Church of the Holy Trinity, now known as Old Trinity Church, is an Anglican church that was converted into offices in the late 20th century. It is located near the center of Marlow and is associated with a large churchyard. The church was built in 1852, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, and is in the Decorated Gothic style.
The building is constructed from knapped flint with freestone dressings and features a tiled roof. It has a west end bell turret with a lead base and a shingled spirelet, as well as a timber-framed porch. The original layout includes a chancel, nave, north aisle, a lean-to northeast chapel, a lean-to northeast vestry, and a southwest porch.
The exterior of the church is largely unaltered. The chancel is buttressed and has a four-light east window in the Decorated style. The north aisle features two-light Decorated style windows with carved dripstone terminals. Although the former north porch has likely been removed, a gable scar is visible on the wall, and the moulded inner doorway remains. The nave has two and three-light Decorated style windows. The large timber-framed southwest porch includes cusped bargeboards, trefoil-headed fenestration, and benches, along with a moulded inner doorway adorned with carved heads at the dripstone terminals. The southeast priest's door is set in a shallow lean-to porch flanked by buttresses and features a cusped arch. The attractive west end bell turret has trefoil-headed openings beneath the shingled spire, which has sprocketted eaves.
The interior has been only partially inspected, with the north aisle having an inserted ceiling and being converted to offices. According to information from the High Wycombe Planning Department, a mezzanine floor has been added. However, the open roof, stained glass, and painted and stencilled decoration have been preserved.
This church is an externally well-preserved example of Sir George Gilbert Scott's work, a prominent architect of the Victorian Gothic Revival, and it significantly contributes to the townscape of central Marlow.
Local climate
Former Church of the Holy Trinity (Now Known As Old Trinity Church) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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