Church of the Holy Trinity

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BILSBY ALFORD ROAD TF 47 NE (south side) 3/58 Church of the Holy Trinity 3-2-67

G.V. II*

Parish church. C15, mid C18. Squared greenstone rubble, red brick, render, ashlar dressings, slate roofs. Western tower, nave, chancel, south porch, north aisle. The C18 tower of 2 stages, has plinth, plain band and corbelled out embattled parapet, the upper parts in brick. C18 wrought iron weather vane on top of tower. Single pointed belfry lights in 4 directions. C18 west wndow of 3 lights with semi-circular head. The north aisle is of banded work and render, it has a small oblong light to the west. The north wall has 2 semi-circular headed lights with plain surrounds, imposts and key blocks. In the vestry is a smaller similar window. The chancel east window is C15, partly recut and of 3 lights. The south wall has a central C15 priest's door in continuously moulded surround with small head to the top, flanked by single 2 light C15 windows with flat heads and hood moulds. In the south wall of the nave are 3 semi- circular headed lights as the north aisle. The nave corners have rusticated quoins. The gabled south porch has a pointed outer doorway with dogtooth moulding reused in the arch. 2 corbel heads are reset over the imposts. The inner doorway is in a continuously moulded pointed surround. Interior. The C15 3 bay north arcade has octagonal piers and capitals and double chamfered arches. The plain tower arch is semi-circular headed. The chancel arch has octagonal responds and a double chamfered arch. In the east wall of the north aisle is a pointed door to the vestry and a statue niche with ogee head is at the east end of the nave. A trefoil headed piscina is in the south nave wall. In the chancel a C19 pointed arch to organ loft, and a further piscina in the south wall. All fittings are C20 apart from the C19 octagonal font with pillared base.

Listing NGR: TF4664676716

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