Church of the Holy Trinity
Church of the Holy Trinity, Church Street, Theale, RG7 5BX
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1288225
- Date first listed:
- 14-Apr-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of the Holy Trinity
- Statutory Address:
- Church of the Holy Trinity, Church Street, Theale, RG7 5BX
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1288225
- Date first listed:
- 14-Apr-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of the Holy Trinity
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church of the Holy Trinity, Church Street, Theale, RG7 5BX
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, Theale, RG7 5BX
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Theale
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 64027 71290
Details
SU 647
7/1
THEALE
CHURCH STREET (north side)
Church of the Holy Trinity
14.4.67
G.V.
I
Church. 1820-32, by E.W. Garbett with tower completed by John Buckler and apse added in 1892 by John Oldrid Scott. Bath stone ashlar with slate roofs. Pennant sandstone elements. Lancet style. Nave, five-sided polygonal apse, detached south-east tower and linking block, west porch and north vestry.
Nave: moulded plinth and string course, arcaded corbelling to arcaded parapet, and parapeted gable ends with flanking pinnacles to east. Six bays with paired lancets, separated by tall chamfered buttresses with gable caps.
West front: flanking square turrets with trefoiled diamond band, arcaded top stage to parapet and short spire. Wheel window in gable end with two small flanking blank arches, triple shafted lancets beneath flanked by two buttresses and two lower shafted lancets, and arched doorway to right. Moulded and shafted west doorway and two doors with arched panelling. West porch with angle buttresses and trefoil in parapeted gable end flanked by pinnacles. Six steps with wrought iron balustrade to moulded and shafted archway. Two bay quadripartite vault inside with wall shafts.
Apse: lower slate roof with finial; shafted lancet on each face.
Vestry: formerly baptistery. Octagonal plan with pyrammidal slate roof and lancets on alternate faces; short linking block to nave with door to east.
Tower: four stages of differing heights with angle buttresses, arcaded band above second stage and arcaded parapet with corner pinnacles, that to north-east larger. Triple shafted louvred lancets in each face of bell stage, with clock to west; narrow lancet in each face of third stage, and lancet to south, east and west in second stage. Passageway beneath with moulded and shafted arches to east and west. Quadripartite vault within with corner shafts and seats against walls. Former library to north linking to nave. Two bays with lancets. Cast iron downpipes and pinnacled rainwater heads with the initials SS.
Interior: six bay plaster nave vault with wall shafts, and shafted windows. West gallery and arcade below five bays wide and two bays deep with moulded arches and vaulting. Parapet with coat of arm and organ above. Shafted arch to apse with shafted lancets and three bay sedilia. Vestry door to north from Magdalen College Oxford. Chantry chapel to north is that of William Waynflete (1395-1486) and also came from Magdalen College in 1830. It is of three bays with straight sided arches, trefoils in spandrels, and shafts with foliated capitals. Wall and vault painting in nave and chancel. Apse decoration by G.F. Bodley in 1892 of which only two angels remain, Fittings of various dates include choir stalls, pews, lectern, font and Minton tiles. Glass by Kempe of 1892. This church is remarkable at so early a date for its attempt at correct Gothic detailing.
Listing NGR: SU6403071288
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 400259
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Berkshire, (1975), 240-241
Murrays Architectural Guide in Berkshire, (1949), 146
Websites
British Geological Survey, Strategic Stone Study, accessed 5 February 2020 from https://www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/buildingStones/StrategicStoneStudy/EH_atlases.html
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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