Description

TAMWORTH

SK20SW WATLING STREET, Wilnecote
670-1/4/138 (North side)
09/11/72 Church of Holy Trinity

II

Church. 1821 with mid C19 vestry. Brick with ashlar dressings,
ashlar to south and west; graduated slate roof and tile roof
to north. Gothic Revival style. 5-bay single-vessel nave and
chancel with north organ loft and vestry, and slender west
tower. East end has coped gable with kneelers; 3 pointed
windows with splayed plaster reveals, the central window
larger and with Y-tracery, datestone above inscribed: G B/
1821; organ loft has pointed window with wooden Y-tracery
frame with leaded glazing, blocked pointed entrance to right.
Vestry, formerly verger's house,of 2 storeys; 2-window range:
segmental-headed entrance to left end and similar blocked
central entrance; segmental-headed windows with pegged wooden
frames to ground floor, similar windows to 1st floor;
truncated end stack. South facade has central porch, coped
gable with cross, plain pointed entrance with paired doors and
offset angle buttresses; Y-tracery windows in splayed reveals,
the central one truncated over porch. West end has coped gable
with kneelers, Y-tracery windows flanking 3-stage tower with
string courses and embattled parapet, plain pointed south
entrance, small pointed lights and louvred bell openings.
North elevation has ashlar cornice and Y-tracery windows.
INTERIOR: corbelled king and queen-post roof. Mid C19 altar
rail on enriched brass posts, other chancel furnishings of
1920s and 1930s, including open traceried screen incorporating
south pulpit. Some C19 and C20 stained glass.
(Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Staffordshire: London:
1974-: P.312).

Listing NGR: SK2260401307

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26491488

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)