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Holy Trinity Church

Holy Trinity Church

Middleton

Suffolk

Medieval, restored mid C19, considerably damaged by fire 1955.

Architectural Features

C15 square tower, 4 stages and crenellated parapet, diagonal buttresses to west face only

Nave with 2 3-light C15 windows, other windows C19 restorations or renewals in C15 style

good C12 south doorway with 2 orders of colonnettes, scalloped capitals, and arch with roll and chevron moulding, stoup to right hand side

Chancel with good 4-light east window of c.1300, with re-used C12 billets round arch head

Splay of north west chancel window with C12 engaged shafting and re-used chevron moulding to pointed arch head

south west chancel window has smaller remains of C12 engaged shafting.

"Octagonal, Perp, with four lions and four Wild Men against the stem and four angels and the Signs of the four Evangelists against the bowl. Against the base the inscription: Christ Mote Us Spede & Helpe All at Nede" (Nikolaus Pevsner).

C15 carved octagonal font with inscription to base

"Octagonal, Perp, with four lions and four Wild Men against the stem and four angels and the Signs of the four Evangelists against the bowl. Against the base the inscription: Christ Mote Us Spede & Helpe All at Nede" (Nikolaus Pevsner).

© John Sutton

nave north wall with part of C15 fresco of St. Christopher and Royal Arms of George III in iron.

altered C12 angle piscina in south chancel.

North chancel with wall monument to Rev. Thomas Meadows

on either side are 2 smaller monuments to his wives.

Portrait brass to Anthony Pettow , now re-mounted at west end of nave.

Graded II* for surviving medieval work.