Description

SJ 8229
19/1

ECCLESHALL
CHURCH STREET (north side)
Church of the Holy Trinity

24.01.67

I
One of the most important churches in Staffordshire. Stone with tiled roof. Nave and aisles, chancel, chancel north chapel and west tower. Chancel, arcades and tower largely C13. Aisles rebuilt C15. Restored C15 south porch with quadripartite vault. The east end of the chancel by G.E. Street who restored the church in 1866-69. Priest's door in chancel west wall. The church contains the tombs of four Bishops of Lichfield, including in the chancel a fine memorial to Bishop Overton, 1609, with recumbent effigy and those of his two wives kneeling. Reredos by Champneys, 1898. Altarpiece and screen in north chapel, and organ case in late Gothic style by Caröe, 1931. Grade I for architectural importance.

Listing NGR: SJ8275229180

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Holy Trinity Church, Eccleshall at Wikipedia
• Holy Trinity Church, Eccleshall official website
• Wikidata Q26258336

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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