Church of the Holy Trinity
CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY, CHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1058736
- Date first listed:
- 11-Mar-1968
- List Entry Name:
- Church of the Holy Trinity
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY, CHURCH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1058736
- Date first listed:
- 11-Mar-1968
- List Entry Name:
- Church of the Holy Trinity
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY, CHURCH STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Coleford
- National Grid Reference:
- ST6865749000
Details
COLEFORD CP CHURCH STREET (West side)
ST64NE
9/58 Church of The Holy Trinity
11.3.68
GV II
Anglican Parish Church. 1831 by J. Sperring. Ashlar, slate and asbestos slate roofs, coped verges with pinnacles,
cruciform finial, slender 2- stage buttresses. Broao nave with aisles, short chancel, west tower with single storey
flanking rooms, one a vestry, one a store/churchroom. Perpendicular style. Slender tower with battlements, 2 stages,
diagonal buttresses ascending to pinnacles, 2-light bell-chamber windows with stone grilles, 2-light West window. Four
bay nave, 2-light windows; embattled gabled south porch, pointed-arch door opening, C20 doors, traceried transom;
traceried inner doors. Chancel blank on north and south sides; 3- light East window. Plastered interior with C19 and
C20 wall monuments; ceiling to nave with moulded cornice and a moulded central rib. Stone reredos with inscriptions.
Perpendicular style stone pulpit and font probably of 1831. Late C19 organ and benches. Late C19 and C20 stained glass.
Bell said to come from Fonthill Abbey in #iltshire. (Wood S., A short History of Coleford Parish Church, 1971).
Listing NGR: ST6865749000
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 267841
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Wood, S, A Short History of Coleford Parish Church, (1971)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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