Description

SJ 51 SW UFFINGTON C.P. UFFINGTON

3/78 Church of the Holy
13.6.58 Trinity

- II

Parish church. 1856 by S. Pountney Smith, on site of medieval church.
Yellow sandstone ashlar; tiled roof with verge parapets and gabled belfry
to west apex. Nave and chancel under one roof, north aisle. Early English
in inspiration. Nave and chancel: south side has diagonal buttresses and
continuous eaves band with fleuron decoration, raised strings at impost
and cill level of windows: 4 1/2 pairs of lancets, the single window to west
of a gabled timber framed porch and the last pair to the east of a small
lean-to chapel (possibly an addition) with a triple lancet window. Rose
window to east end over 3 lancets, single central lancet to west unusually
set in a pilaster strip. North aisle: 4 pairs of lancets with a pointed
2-light window to the west end and a trefoil-shaped light to the east
over the round arch, boarded vestry door. Interior: roofs with arch-
braced collars and king posts; 3-bay north aisle arcade with circular
piers and dogtooth decorated moulded arches; vestry and organ chamber
arches, triple sedilia, and trefoiled piscina; circa 1856 fittings include
altar rails, octagonal stone pulpit, choir stalls and tub font; stained
glass: roundels of C16-C17 Netherlandish glass in north aisle windows
and C17 German glass in south windows. The church is said to incorporate
some fragments of medieval masonry west of the porch. D.H.S. Cranage,
An Architectural Account of the Churches of Shropshire, Vol.7, .624;
B.o.E., p.305.

Listing NGR: SJ5280613890

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26532475

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