Church Of The Holy Trinity

The Church of the Holy Trinity is a parish church located in Chilton Trinity Village. It was established in the 13th century, with the earliest recorded incumbent dating back to 1309. The church was rebuilt in the 15th century and underwent restoration in the 19th century. It is constructed of blue lias and red sandstone rubble, with freestone dressings and a double Roman tile roof, showcasing a Perpendicular architectural style.

The church features a nave with a south porch, a chancel, and a west tower. The embattled tower is three stages high, with diagonal buttresses, prominent gargoyles, and a stair turret. It has single two-light bell chamber windows, a three-light west window, and a ribbed and studded west door, both adorned with labels and carved head stops. The nave consists of two bays, while the chancel also has two bays, with predominantly two-light windows, each light featuring a foiled head and foliated spandrels inside and out. Some windows have 18th-century iron casements, and there is a three-light east window.

The mouldings of the pointed arch door opening of the south porch and the tower arch are characteristic of the 15th century, with the latter being shafted. The south door opening has a simple four-centred arch and a 15th-century ribbed and studded door. The chancel arch is much mutilated but retains some keel mouldings. The nave and chancel have 19th-century wagon roofs, with the chancel being unceiled. The 15th-century ringing-chamber floor is present in the tower, and there is a lower entrance to the rood loft. A piscina with a foiled head is located in the chancel.

Inside, the church features 19th-century fittings, including pews, a lectern, an organ, and an altar rail. There is a 15th-century octagonal font with a Jacobean cover, a Jacobean pulpit, a small table, a splat-back chair, and two coffin stools from the 18th century. Memorial tablets are dedicated to Gilbert Marshall from 1787 and Susanna Graham from 1785. The church has historical ties to the Hospital of St John in Bridgwater, which served it from 1219.