The Church Of The Holy Trinity is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1983. Church. 1 related planning application.
The Church Of The Holy Trinity
- WRENN ID
- tilted-loft-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1983
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of the Holy Trinity is a church built in 1846 by Benjamin Ferrey. It is constructed of Ham stone ashlar with a Welsh slate roof. The church follows a cruciform plan, comprising a four-bay nave with north and south aisles, chapels to the east of the transepts, and a sanctuary set lower than the chancel. There is no tower, but a small turret is located at the west end, all designed in a 13th-century style.
The north elevation is divided into bays by flat pilasters. The aisle windows are double lancets with joined arched labels, while the clerestory windows are three-lancet, more widely spaced, with blind panels under the labels. The aisle features corbel tabling to a low parapet. The projecting north transept has angle buttresses with slight offsets and roof tops. A door is set in a gabled and cusped pointed arch, above which is a pair of late 13th-century pattern traceried windows. A small trefoil window is in the gable. A single lancet window is found in the sanctuary. Four pinnacled turrets top the nave/chancel roof. The north porch is relatively plain.
The south elevation, now clearly visible from South Street, mirrors the north elevation. A wooden bell turret with a shingled roof is at the west end. A triple lancet window is present at the west end, and another triple lancet with a trefoil window above the east end.
Inside, the church is lofty and open-plan. The arcades are designed in a typical 13th-century style, and the roof features a hammerbeam trussed rafter pattern with arched windbraces above and below the central pulins. The rear bay of the nave is partitioned off with a late 20th-century glazed screen. The 1908 Walker organ is situated over the north transept choir vestry. A fine wrought iron screen is located in the sanctuary, seemingly repositioned from the chancel, which lacks a separate crossing arch. The original font and wooden cover remain; the pulpit, choir stalls and pews have been removed and replaced with 1970s seating.
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