Church of the Holy Trinity
CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY, CHURCH END
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1125801
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jun-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Church of the Holy Trinity
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY, CHURCH END
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1125801
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jun-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Church of the Holy Trinity
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY, CHURCH END
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 END
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Buckinghamshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Bledlow-cum-Saunderton
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 77843 02175
Details
BLEDLOW-CUM-SAUNDERTON CHURCH END SP 70 SE (BLEDLOW) 1/17 Church of the Holy Trinity
21.6.55
GV I
Parish church. Originally C12, much rebuilt and enlarged C13, with C14 S. porch. Roof altered early C16, all restored 1909. Flint with stone dressings and lead roofs. W. tower, nave, aisles, S. porch and chancel. W. tower is of 3 stages with gabled roof, plain parapet, carved head corbel table, 2-light traceried openings to bell-chamber, and small lancets to middle stage. On the W. side there is a 2-light traceried window over a moulded doorway. Flanking aisle bays each have a single arched light to W., the S. bay with a 2-light traceried S. window. Nave has a 3-bay clerestory of 3-light cusped windows, all heavily restored. Traces of a blocked opening high at E. end of N. clerestory. Aisles have moulded parapets and late C13 2-light traceried windows. Central N. window altered with C14 reticulated tracery; 2 S. windows also altered, the left with Y tracery, the right a large C14 Decorated window of 4 lights with early C18 memorial tablet below. E. bay of N. aisle is of a different build, possibly incorporating remains of a C12 transept, and has C15 flat-headed window in E. wall. N. doorway also C12 with semi-circular unmoulded arch on moulded imposts. S. door has moulded arch of 3 orders, the outer 2 on shafts with stiff-leaf capitals. Large stoup to right. S. porch has later moulded arch of 2 orders, the inner on semi-octagonal piers with moulded capitals, and carved head corbel and sundial set into parapet. Inside are stone benches and a moulded ceiling beam. Chancel also has 2-light traceried windows, the N. side with 2 cusped lancets, one transomed, the S. side with blocked semi-circular headed opening. E. end of chancel has triple lancets with taller central light. C19-C20 buttresses, one with C18 memorial tablet. Interior: tower has double chamfered arches to nave and aisles, the inner order on semi- octagonal piers, with larger arch to nave. Nave has good early C13 arcades with 4 bays of unmoulded arches of 2 orders on circular piers with variously carved foliage capitals. End arches on carved corbels. Traces of wall paintings and painted texts above, the N.E. wall of nave with painted panel of The Creed. C16-C17 nave roof. C19-C20 half arches divide main aisles from W. bays. N. aisle has altar recess and clunch niche in E. wall; S. aisle has aumbry to left of door, 2 shallow tomb recesses with moulded 4-centred arches, piscina, and rectangular recess with painted texts in E. wall. Both aisles have traces of wall paintings, including figures of St. Christopher; and Adam and Eve. C15 roofs with carved bosses. Chancel arch is similar to nave arcades and rests on corbels with carved heads. Carved head corbels above support early C20 rood. Chancel has moulded sill course incorporating remains of 2 carved finials. Narrow trefoil recess in N. wall with brass to William Hern, priest, 1525. Trefoil piscina with recess below. E. window has fine internal treatment with stilted arches on slender shafts with moulded caps and bases. S.E. window has similar shafts and carved heads at imposts and apex. Fittings: fine C12 font of Aylesbury type with carved frieze, fluted bowl, cable moulding and foliage in inverted scallops on base; C15 eagle lecturn on early C20 stand; C17 altar table in S. aisle; C18 carved wooden candlestick with claw-foot base; late C19 stained glass. Pair of mid Cl8marble wall tablets to members of the Crosse family on E. wall, both with scrolled pediments. RCHM I.p. 51-55
Listing NGR: SP7783602172
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 46497
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume One South, (1912)
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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