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Holy Trinity, Privett Church of the Holy Trinity, Privett, Hampshire 
The tower, part of the nave and the south chapel of Holy Trinity, PrivettLocation in Hampshire
Holy Trinity, PrivettCoordinates: 51°02′17″N 1°02′10″W / 51.0381°N 1.0362°W OS grid reference SU 677 270 Location Privett, Hampshire Country England Denomination Anglican Website Churches Conservation Trust History Founder(s) William Nicholson Architecture Functional status Redundant Heritage designation Grade II* Designated 15 May 1978 Architect(s) A. W. Blomfield Architectural type Church Style Gothic Revival, Early English style Groundbreaking 1876 Completed 1878 Construction cost £22,000 Specifications Spire height 160 feet (48.8 m) Materials Flint, red tile roofs The Church of the Holy Trinity, Privett, is a redundant Anglican church in the parish of Froxfield, Hampshire. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building,[1] and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2]
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History
In 1863, William Nicholson of the firm of J&W Nicholson & Co, gin distillers, bought the nearby estate of Basing Park. Many of the buildings in Privett (now a conservation area) were built by him for workers on his estate, and the Church of the Holy Trinity was also built at his expense. It was designed by Sir A W Blomfield and built between 1876 and 1878. A Chapel of the Holy Trinity at Privett was first recorded in 1391, but any remaining evidence of it disappeared when the present church was built on the same site. The size of the new church far outstripped the requirements of the small rural parish, and it eventually became redundant in the 1970’s.[3]
Architecture
Sir Nikolaus Pevsner described the church as "exceptionally good" and like "a substantial town church".[4]
Exterior
The church, in Gothic Revival (Early English) style, is built of flint with Bath Stone dressings. The chancel has north and south chapels or transepts, while the nave has four bays with aisles and clerestory, and a porch to the north. The tower, with broach spire, gargoyles, buttresses and three tiers of lucarnes, is 160 feet (48.8 m) high and forms a prominent landmark.[1]
Interior
The nave has four-bay arcades, a lofty tower arch, a square font on pillars with stiff-leaf carving, a round stone pulpit and an intricate wrought iron lectern. The chancel is sumptuously appointed with a mosaic floor, sedilia and reredos with arcading.[1]
Gallery
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South aisle at Holy Trinity, seen from the chancel
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Font at Holy Trinity
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Pulpit at Holy Trinity
See also
- List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in South East England
References
- ^ a b c "Church of the Holy Trinity, Froxfield", Heritage Gateway website, 2006, http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=143166&resourceID=5, retrieved 13 January 2011
- ^ Holy Trinity, Privett, Churches Conservation Trust, http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/findachurch/holy-trinity-privett/?region=Hampshire, retrieved 13 January 2011
- ^ Privett conservation area, 2008, p.5
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; and David Lloyd (1967). The Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 471.
External links
Categories:- Church of England churches in Hampshire
- Grade II* listed churches
- Grade II* listed buildings in Hampshire
- Religious buildings completed in 1878
- Gothic Revival architecture in England
- Churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust
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