Description

WISTANSTOW

SO48NW Church of The Holy Trinity 1943-1/6/162 12/11/54

GV II*

Parish church. C12. Sandstone rubble; plain tile roof. Cruciform on plan, with crossing-tower. EXTERIOR: south doorway to chancel with dogtooth ornamented arch on attached columns with enriched capitals. Tower: probably C14, with later superstructure; sundial; weather-vane. Nave: thick walls with splayed lancets; blocked opening over south doorway, which has studded plank door and wrought-iron hinges, and lock dated: PCW 1696; blocked north doorway under altered opening with lancet. INTERIOR: north transept: roof with trussed rafters with raking braces. South transept: roof with moulded queen-post trusses and cusped windbraces. Nave roof: moulded trusses and purlins with quatrefoil windbracing, and moulded wood ashlar pieces with enriched panelling. Tablets: James family, 1775; Swainson, 1835; Cooke, 1766. Late C18 box-pews to transepts; C14 font. Slabs to Richard James (1727) and others. C17 texts with enriched borders in south transept.

Listing NGR: SO4322485591

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)