Church of the Holy Trinity, Wonston

Heritage listing

Details SU 43 NE WONSTON WONSTON 4/11 Church of The Holy 5.12. 55 Trinity GV II* Church. C12, C13, C15, 1830, restored 1872, 1909. Flint rubble, mostly rendered with stone dressings, plain tile roof. Nave and Chancel of the Norman period, West tower C15, 1830. North aisle, 1872, South porch, 1909. Vestry to tower. The chancel has a lancet window in each side and a C19 Perpendicular 3-light East window. The South nave wall has a late C20 re- placement 3-light Perpendicular window and a cinquefoiled light restored 1909. South doorway C.1200 is an imprecisely moulded semicircular arch, of rounded section of 2 orders, like the chancel arch, with tiled gabled timber porch. Tower of 3 stages has battlements, diagonal buttresses with set-offs and stair tower at South-East, and a 6 six bell peel dated 1802. Perpendicular style 2-light bell-openings, 3-light West window on middle stage and reused C15 cinquefoil head and West door with hollow chamfers on the bottom stage. Chancel roof 1909, nave roof 1872. Chancel arch, partly restored, is pointed of 2 rounded orders, with triple responds and capitals derived from decorated trumpet scallops, mostly of tripartite fleur-de-lis leaves, but the bases are later. There is an aumbry. East window rear arch shows signs of a 3-light lancet, but the side lancets have trefoiled heads to their rear arches. Stained glass by Powells and Morris & Co. 1909. North arcade, possibly 1830, has slender continuously moulded piers and arches. There is a 1714 solid board benefactors notice and the royal coat of arms of George IV. The furnishings date from 1872, with a Perpendicular style front. Listing NGR: SP4640139445 Legacy The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System number: 145263 Legacy System: LBS

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.