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Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity

A Grade I Listed Building in Winchester, Hampshire

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  • Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, Winchester

  • Winchester - Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity and SS Peter & Paul and St Swithun - West front - photo September 2011

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  • Holy Trinity: Norman cathedral began 1073 by Bishop Walkelin; much rebuilt or remodelled in later centuries

  • Holy Trinity: c14 west front

  • Holy Trinity: detail of south aisle showing flying buttresses

  • Holy Trinity: Norman south transept & crossing tower

  • Holy Trinity: Perpendicular nave remodelled from earlier Norman one by Bishop Edington & completed by William Wykeham

  • Holy Trinity: late c12 black Tournai marble font showing miracles of St Nicholas

  • Holy Trinity: early c16 wall painting in the Lady Chapel representing miracles of the Virgin

  • Holy Trinity: early c16 wall painting in the Lady Chapel representing miracles of the Virgin

  • Holy Trinity: alabaster effigy to Bishop William Edington, d.1366; administrator & bishop of Winchester

  • Holy Trinity: Wykeham Chantry Chapel; William Wykeham, d.1404; Perpendicular panels, cusped lierne vault inside

  • Holy Trinity: William Wykeham, d.1404; bishop of Winchester, administrator, and founder of Winchester College and New College, Oxford

  • Holy Trinity: Cardinal Henry Beaufort, d.1447; Bishop of Winchester

  • Holy Trinity: Cardinal Beaufort, d.1447; effigy a late c17 copy wearing cardinal's hat

  • Holy Trinity: Wayneflete Chantry; Bishop Waynflete, d.1486; arches with four-centred heads; lierne vault

  • Holy Trinity: Bishop William Waynflete, d.1486; bishop of Winchester and founder of Magdalen College, Oxford

  • Holy Trinity: c16 Fox Chantry Chapel built during his lifetime

  • Holy Trinity: emaciated cadaver to Bishop Richard Foxe, d.1528; founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford

  • Holy Trinity: Gardiner chantry, Gothic & early Renaissance; strapwork panels

  • Holy Trinity: cadaver corpse of Bishop Stephen Gardiner, d.1555; theologian & administrator, last Catholic bishop of Winchester

  • Holy Trinity: Edward Cole, d.1617; tablet without effigy, bold strapwork

  • Holy Trinity: inscription from the monument to Edward Cole, d.1617

  • Holy Trinity: Richard Weston, first earl of Portland, d.1635; Chancellor of the Exchequer & Lord Treasurer

  • West window

  • Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity from the west / Great Minster Street, Winchester, ENGLAND, UK

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Entry Name: Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity

Listing Date: 24 March 1950

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1095509

English Heritage Legacy ID: 144495

ID on this website: 101095509

Location: Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, The Close, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23

County: Hampshire

District: Winchester

Electoral Ward/Division: St Michael

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Winchester

Traditional County: Hampshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hampshire

Church of England Parish: Winchester Cathedral

Church of England Diocese: Winchester

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