Description

ST 77 SW DOYNTON C.P. CHURCH ROAD (west side)

8/101 Church of Holy Trinity

G.V. II*

Parish church. Dating from C12, C14, tower dated R1644D on south west buttress,
mostly rebuilt 1864-5 by J.E. Gill, restored 1893. Coursed limestone freestone
and rubble, ashlar tower, herringbone masonry in south wall of nave, stone
dressings and quoins, plain tiled roofs with raised coped verges and kneelers,
cross finial to nave and porch, stone tiled porch, chancel and chapel. Nave,
north aisle, south porch, south east tower, chancel and north east chapel, now
organ chamber. Gothic Survival style tower, C19 Perpendicular style. West
elevation of nave has large 4-light Perpendicular window with leaded lights, iron
stanchions, hood mould and stops, weathered buttresses and angle buttresses,
ashlar plinth, similar 2-light west window to aisle. 5-bay aisle has four 2-
light windows and central door with pointed arch, hood mould and stops, corbels
and corbel table, stack to left bay, external stair to cellar door with 4-centred
arch. South elevation of nave has three 3-light windows, herringbone masonry to
right and small leper window with trefoil head. Gabled porch has high pointed
arched opening with C19 lantern over, stone benches, inner door with pointed arch,
moulded and hollow-chamfered surround retaining some painting, hood mould, stops
and relieving arch, C19 door with decorative strap hinges, holy water stoup to
right with trefoil head, 3-bay roof with arched-braces, collar and collar purlin.
3-stage tower has west door in chamfered surround 2-light window with leaded
lights and chamfered mullion at first and 2nd stage south, pointed arched window
with bell louvres and tracery at 3rd stage all sides; freestone plinth, diagonal
buttresses, string courses, gargoyles at corners (very worn at south east),
embattled parapet with plain pinnacle at north west corner. Chapel has 2-light
north window with trefoil heads and flat hood mould, 2-light C14 Perpendicular
east window. Chancel has 2-light north window, 3-light to south and 5-light to
east, small stone carving above east window, possibly C11/C12, found during
renovations of 1893. Interior: ashlar-faced walls, nave has 11-bay wagon roof
divided by moulded ribs with wall-plate, leper window in south wall in very deep
splayed reveal, more herringbone masonry visible internally along lower part of
south wall, south door in round-headed reveal. 5-bay arcade between nave and
aisle has clustered shafts on heavy plinths with rough-cut block capitals, kite-
shaped springers for pointed arches. High pointed arch to chancel with hood
mould, low stone screen to sides, lower pointed arch between aisle and chapel
with panels carved with trefoil-headed recesses on soffit of arch; aisle has
11-bay roof as nave. Chapel has similar 3-bay roof with brattished wall-plate
and moulded ribs, of earlier date, plain wall-plate to south on 3 heavy stone
corbels, pointed arch to chancel; chancel has blind arch to south repeating chapel
arch, roof divided by high arch, 5 bays to east and west, to east with rosette
bosses and carved flowers on wall-plate, C19 sedilia to north and south.
Fittings: pews, pulpit, lecterns and Perpendicular octagonal stone font all of
C19. Hatchment in aisle to Davy family who lived at Tracy Park (q.v.) 1820-1926,
showing that the deceased fought at battle of Talavera, 1809; C19 painted board
in aisle, with Commandments and Lord's Prayer; cornerstone in aisle, 1865, from
rebuilding. Memorial brass in chancel of man and woman "WILLM AT WODE AND
MARGARET HIS WYFFE", 1529; memorial brass in chancel with admonitory verse, to
John Atwood, 1707 and other members of the family; C17 ledger stones in chapel to
Hillman, Still and Ridley families; stone tablet in chancel with broken pediment
and landatory verse, to Mary Chapp, 1695; C18 headstone with triple round-headed
inscription panels, putti and swags in spandrels, set below leper window in south
wall of nave; two C18 monuments on south wall of nave marble classical monument
with Ionic columns, broken scrolled pediment, urn and skulls, to Elizabeth Langton,
date indecipherable, by Stanton of London, and stone monument with Ionic pilasters,
broken segmental pediment, urn and putti, to Joseph Jackson, 1719 and other members
of the family. 4 roundels of early glass set in window in north aisle, showing
symbols of the 4 evangelists. (Sources: Verey, D. : Buildings of England
Gloucestershire : The Vale and The Forest of Dean. 1970).

Listing NGR: ST7205574113

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17556758

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