Description

BRISTOL

ST5772NW HOTWELL ROAD, Hotwells 901-1/14/1461 (North side) 08/01/59 Church of Holy Trinity

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Church. 1829. By CR Cockerell. Interior by T Burrough. Bath stone ashlar and a slate roof. Open plan. Neoclassical style. Plain E elevation, N elevation is 5 bays of round-arched windows. W front in 3 sections defined by wide pilasters, the centre one breaking forward, with a deep cornice. A high rusticated plinth to a sill band and tall round-arched windows, either side of the central section of 3 doorways with pedimented lintels on volute consoles and plain jambs, the middle one taller, with above them a central, round-arched window and plain flat-headed ones either side. The dominant elevation is that to the S, a symmetrical 5-window range of round-arched windows, with the rusticated plinth, pilasters and cornice, and a massive porch with an open pediment on giant Doric pilasters, enclosing a tall coffered niche. Inside it a round-arched window and a door like that in the W end, a plat band and beneath it 2 smaller side doors. In the tympanum is a sculpture of the Holy Spirit by Tyley. Above the pediment is a tall plinth and clock, and an open bell turret with pilasters, a cornice with acroteria, and a ball finial. INTERIOR: completely rebuilt after being gutted during World War II. Nothing survives of the original cruciform, galleried interior, except the use of a shallow glazed dome. An impressive and powerfully-articulated facade. (Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural History: Bristol: 1979-: 247; The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: North Somerset and Bristol: London: 1958-: 411).

Listing NGR: ST5716672569

External Links

• Church of Holy Trinity, Hotwells at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5116904

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