Bell 1 of 1
1849
Dove Bell ID: 61313 Tower ID: 24228 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Trowbridge: The Trinity
Diocese of Salisbury
Church, 634517
Conservation area: Trowbridge, New Town
http://www.stthomastrowbridge.org
Overview
Grid reference: ST 851 577
Livesay's preferred style seems to have been Early English, and Holy Trinity is no exception. Externally it appears as a solid and substantial building faced with ashlar. Except for the east window all the principal openings are of lancet form. The most prominent parts of the buildings are the buttresses and pinnacles east and west and the squat tower.
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Cruciform with the tower over the south transept, and a vestry on the north and south sides of the chancel; in the angles between chancel and transepts vestibules north and south in the angles between nave and transepts, that on the north being unused.
Footprint of Church buildings: 648 m²
Description of Archaeology and History
Built in 1838, the architect being A.F. Livesay, who designed relatively few churches, Andover St. Mary's is perhaps his best known.
Exterior Description
Livesay's preferred style seems to have been Early English, and Holy Trinity is no exception. Externally it appears as a solid and substantial building faced with ashlar. Except for the east window all the principal openings are of lancet form. The most prominent parts of the buildings are the buttresses and pinnacles east and west and the squat tower. At the east corners of the chance are clasping buttresses which, at roof level, terminate in gablets enclosing a pinnacle which is topped by a floriated finial; at the west corners of the nave are octagengl buttresses rising straight up to roof level and then terminating in pinnacles. Of the tower, which is not of any considerable height and terminates a little abruptly, the following might be said: it is of three stages, the lowest stage being the south transept which is lit by two tall lancets in the south wall and one each in the east and west walls. The tower has a smaller middle stage which has a pierced trefoil on all four faces except the south (which houses the clock); these trefoils are set within a circlet with its own hoodmould, with floriated terminations. The top stage of the tower is the most distinctive: all four faces have a row of three lancets, the two flanking lancets being blank and the middle one louvre to oarve as a belfry opening. The four corners of this stage are chamfered. Abrore is a corbel table supporting a plain unornamented parapet with a completely flat top.
Building Fabric and Features
Stained Glass
East window of two main lights with a sexfoil above.
Crucifixion and Ascension.
Stained Glass
North chancel chapel. East window: chiefly grisaille, with a small scone of The Resurrection, stylized.
Stained Glass
North chancel chapel. North window: a small light set high in the wall, in memory of Harry Moore, late organist.
Stained Glass
South chancel chapel. East window: The Ascension.
Stained Glass
South chancel chapel. South window: in memory of the Revd. and Hon. Digby Walsh, Vicar.
Stained Glass
1938
North transept. North window: this is of two ample lancet lights, both filled with opaque quarries with two carteouches in each.
By Morris & Co.
Stained Glass
1936
South transept. South window: this is of two ample lancet lights, both filled with opaque quarries with two carte-aches in each.
By Morris & Co.
Stained Glass
1906
Nave - North aisle. The third lancet from the west crossing to have stained glass in it.
Interior
Interior Description
On entering the church the visitor takes in at once the single feature which makes this building memorable. This is the plaster vaulting which extends troughout the church, which is wide and open like a German hall-church. It is not on the other hand excessively high. The aisles are quite wide and the arcades extend on either side right from the east to west, with a wider gap at the 'crossing' between the transepts. The obvious English precedent for the building is the Trinity Chapel of Salisbury Cathedral, and no doubt Livesay had this in mind. The shafts supporting the arcades are, apart from their bases and their green capitals painted to resemble Purbeck marble. They are in fact cast iron.
The moulded capitals aid abaci are like those of their medievalprecedents at Salibbury, and half-capitals round the outer walls receive the ribs which spring outwards from the piers. The ribs have outer and a middle constituent and the outer constituents are painted the same green as the capitals, which looks exceedingly well. The centre constituent and the panels between the ribs are painted white.
Chancel and sanctuary are inlaid with tiles, those in the sanctuary naturally being more elaborate; the greater part of the nave is paved with stone flags.
Fixtures and fittings
Organ (object)
1888
The Organ is by W.G. Vowles of Bristol, 1888 (in its original form), of two manuals and pedals with balanced swell and 17 speaking stops. The case is of oak, very plain.
Reredos
The Reredos in of oak, in three crocketted gabled panels filled with opus sectile work with gold backgrounds. Left and right are the Nativity and the Annunciation. In the central panel four angels adore the cross on the gradine before them. The gradine is fronted with a carved cornice of grapes and vine leaves.
Panelling
1914
The Panelling each side of the reredos extends round the walls of the sanctuary to incorporate a canopied Bishop's stall on the north side and two sedilia on the south. In niches on the east wall are more panels of opus sectile, representing the four evangelists. All by A.L. Moore and Sons, 1914.
Altar
The Altar is also of oak, the front pierced with panels of arcading and having the four Archangels.
Altar Cross
The altar cross is a stock design with the symbols of the four evangelists and the Agnus Dei.
Rail
The communion rails of brass are integrated in the design of the panelling.
Pulpit
The pulpit is of reconstituted cast stone, supported on four larger and four smaller attached columns.
Lectern
1906
The lectern is a brass eagle on a much-decorated pedestal. Given in memory of Canon Ewing, 1906.
Font (object)
1884
The Font is octagonal, of the same stone as the pulpit. The panels round the bowl have symbols such as the cross, IHS and so forth in relief. The whole is carried on eight attached columns. The date 1884 is inscribed on the base, but the cover is evidently quite recent, of pale oak. There is a brass ewer.
Brass
1838
Brass plate recording the building of the church in 1838.
Screen
An oak screen at the west end of the nave divides off a choir vestry. It is a War Memorial and has six large traceried panels and a two-leaved door in the centre.
Pew (object)
Pitch pine
Screen
1929
A screen across the north transept is similar to that at the west end of the nave, but pierced and having six traceried panels.
Reredos
1929
The oak north transept reredos is a tile picture of the Transfiguration and flanking panels have child shepherds in them.
Bells
Churchyard
Grid reference: ST 851 577
Burial and War Grave Information
It is unknown whether the building is consecrated.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has been used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has war graves.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
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There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | No |
| Solar Thermal Panels | No |
| Biomass | No |
| Wind Turbine | No |
| Air Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ev Charging | No |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
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To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
'Seek advice' Species
More information on species and action to be taken upon discovery.
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To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
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