Listed Building record MDO31795 - Holy Trinity Church, Chilfrome

A church parts of which are of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century date. The chancel was rebuilt around 1852, and the rest of the church restored in 1864. The building has walls of flint and stone rubble with stone dressings, and the roof is covered in clay tiles.

(SY59059879) Holy Trinity Church [NAT] (1)

Parish Church of the Holy Trinity. C14th and C15th cove with chancel rebuilt in 1852, rest of the church restored 1864. (1,2)

Reused C13th chancel arch. (2-4)

Long E T, The parish churches of Cattistock & Chilfrome (Monograph). SDO18251.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 98 (Monograph). SDO97.

'(1) PARISH CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY stands at the E. end of the parish. The walls are of flint and local stone rubble with freestone dressings; the roofs are tiled. The chancel-arch dates from the 13th century and the Nave is partly of the 14th century, but the Chancel was rebuilt c. 1852 and the rest of the church was restored in 1864.
Architectural Description—The Chancel is modern except for the partly restored 13th-century chancel-arch which is two-centred and of two continuous chamfered orders.
The Nave (33 ft. by 15¾ ft.) has, in the N. wall, a modern window and doorway; further W. is the blocking of a former window. In the S. wall are two windows, the eastern of the 15th century and of three cinque-foiled lights in a square head with moulded external reveals; the late 14th-century western window is of two trefoiled ogee lights with tracery in a square head. In the W. wall is a 15th-century two-light window with modern tracery and two-centred head.
Fittings—Bell: inaccessible, probably by Thomas Purdue, 1674. Chair: In chancel—with turned front legs, shaped arms and arched panel in back, 17th-century. Chest: In nave—with panelled front and enriched framing, 17th-century, top and other parts modern. Floor-slabs: In chancel—(1) to Thomas, son of Thomas Clement, clerk, 1676; (2) to Thomas Clement, 1675, with enrichments; (3) enriched slab to Thomas (?) Clement, pastor, late 17th-century. Seating: In nave—two coffin-stools, with turned legs, 17th-century. '

<2> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 155 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, 1974 (Map). SWX1197.

(SY59059879) Holy Trinity Church [NAT]

<4> Department of the Environment, 1985, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: District of West Dorset, 8 (Scheduling record). SDO16362.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 884286 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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