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Church of the Holy Trinity

A Grade I Listed Building in Chrishall, Essex

  • Holy Trinity: some Norman origins but virtually rebuilt c.1360- 1380 in early Perpendicular style; diagonal buttresses; c13 tower base, top is c15

  • Holy Trinity: flint & stone chequered battlements; tracery in windows retain Decorated forms

  • Holy Trinity: Perpendicular arcades of elongated semi polygonal section, c.1380 in East Anglian style

  • Holy Trinity: chancel, restored 1878, with Perpendicular style, five-light east window

  • Holy Trinity: plain c.1300 font; copy of Rubens' 'Adoration of the Magi' of 1624 at Antwerp

  • Holy Trinity: c.1375 effigy of Lady Margaret de la Pole in south wall recess with depressed segmental arch using mouldings of Decorated style

  • Holy Trinity: recumbent effigy of lady; identified as Margaret (nee Peverel), mother of John de la Pole

  • Holy Trinity: John de la Pole & wife Joan (Cobham), c.1380

  • Holy Trinity: detail of John de la Pole, c.1380; aventail & basinet

  • Holy Trinity: detail of Joan (Cobham), wife of John de la Pole, c.1380; nebule headdress

  • Holy Trinity: shield from the brass of John de la Pole, c.1380

  • Holy Trinity: civilian & wife, c.1480; Bury St Edmunds work; male with fur trimmings, lady with modified version of butterfly headdress

  • Holy Trinity: unknown lady, c.1450; horned headdress

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Entry Name: Church of the Holy Trinity

Listing Date: 21 February 1967

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1112444

English Heritage Legacy ID: 121520

ID on this website: 101112444

Location: Holy Trinity Church, Chrishall, Uttlesford, Essex, SG8

County: Essex

District: Uttlesford

Civil Parish: Chrishall

Traditional County: Essex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Essex

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