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the Holy Trinity

The Holy Trinity

Newton St. Loe

Somerset

C14, altered in C15 (tower) and subsequently

Architectural Features

Norman style doorway to crypt at west end

C14 south arcade of 4 large and one small bay at the east: piers of 4 half columns and shafts, forming a broad quatrefoil on plan

Font is C19, in an early Gothic style: ashlar, circular bowl with stiff-leaf to underside, cylindrical stem.

Pulpit, screen and pews, also 1857, enriched with tracery.

Monuments.

Early C18 Royal Arms.

Joseph Langton, died 1701, a very fine monument worthy of James Gibbs (Pevsner), marble, Corinthian columns and central pilaster support on entablature and segmental pediment with putti and urns, gadrooned bases on seraph's heads and full armorial bearings