Description

BRISTOL

ST5772NW HOTWELL ROAD, Hotwells
901-1/14/1461 (North side)
08/01/59 Church of Holy Trinity

II*

Church. 1829. By CR Cockerell. Interior by T Burrough. Bath
stone ashlar and a slate roof. Open plan. Neoclassical style.
Plain E elevation, N elevation is 5 bays of round-arched
windows. W front in 3 sections defined by wide pilasters, the
centre one breaking forward, with a deep cornice.
A high rusticated plinth to a sill band and tall round-arched
windows, either side of the central section of 3 doorways with
pedimented lintels on volute consoles and plain jambs, the
middle one taller, with above them a central, round-arched
window and plain flat-headed ones either side.
The dominant elevation is that to the S, a symmetrical
5-window range of round-arched windows, with the rusticated
plinth, pilasters and cornice, and a massive porch with an
open pediment on giant Doric pilasters, enclosing a tall
coffered niche. Inside it a round-arched window and a door
like that in the W end, a plat band and beneath it 2 smaller
side doors. In the tympanum is a sculpture of the Holy Spirit
by Tyley. Above the pediment is a tall plinth and clock, and
an open bell turret with pilasters, a cornice with acroteria,
and a ball finial.
INTERIOR: completely rebuilt after being gutted during World
War II. Nothing survives of the original cruciform, galleried
interior, except the use of a shallow glazed dome. An
impressive and powerfully-articulated facade.
(Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural
History: Bristol: 1979-: 247; The Buildings of England:
Pevsner N: North Somerset and Bristol: London: 1958-: 411).

Listing NGR: ST5716672569

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Church of Holy Trinity, Hotwells at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5116904

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Recommended Books

• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  For the Record
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)