Description

ST 65 NW HIGH LITTLETON HIGH STREET (east side)

6/76 Church of Holy Trinity
21.9.60
II

Anglican parish church. C15 west tower, remainder of 1884-8 by Wilson and Wilcox
of Bath. Squared and coursed rubble, stone dressings to tower, finely dressed,
squared and coursed freestone to remainder. Slate roofs. Nave, chancel, west
tower, north and south aisles, north porch. The main body of the church is crude
neo-Perpendicular with 2 cusped light windows with pointed heads. Tower of
3 stages with diagonal buttresses, polygonal north east corner stair turret, blind
parapet and corner pinnacles. West facade with C19 2-light Perpendicular style
window to 1st stage, 2nd stage blank, 2 cusped light openings to bell stage under
pointed head and hoodmould. Other faces blank. Interior. 4 bay nave arcades
with Purbeck shafted piers and moulded pointed arches. Hammerbeam roof with
angel corbels. Open rafter roofs in chancel and aisles. Fittings. George II
gilded and coloured wooden coat of arms above tower arch. Complete late C19
fittings including stained glass, pulpit, font and reredos. (Pevsner, Buildings
of England : North Somerset and Bristol, 1958).

Listing NGR: ST6454557986

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26606726

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)