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Holy Tirnity Church (Church of England)

Holy Tirnity Church (church Of England)

Cottered

Hertfordshire

Parish church (parish amalgamated with Cottered in 1932). Lower part of tower C13, early C15 perpendicular nave and chancel in one volume (former chancel demolished), C15 S porch, brick upper part of tower 1660 (panel on S face) for Sir Thomas Soame, restoration in mid C19 for Rev

Architectural Features

Adams with steeply pitched roof and additional matching pews, organ chamber and vestry added c1879 and organ, pulpit, lectern, and new glazing installed

Chancel separated by one step from the nave with 3- light C15 traceried E window and stained glass Good Shepherd c1879 by Clayton & Bell

Tall single light C14 window on S wall with C15 traceried head

A C17 poppy-head on benches in chancel has carving of acrobats

Nave has a C15 2- light traceried window with ferramenta in N and S wall and C15 S doorway with moulded jambs and 4-centred arch under a square label and carved spandrels

6 consecration crosses painted at irregular intervals along each wall, polychrome tile floors, and steep 5-bay timber roof with hammer-beams and arch-braced collars

C15 tower arch with shafted jambs, moulded capitals, and 4-centred head

Unbuttressed square tower with C13 deeply splayed lancet window on N and S side at base and C15 3-light traceried W windows

Fittings include a C15 octagonal clunch font with panelled stem and sides, C17 benches in nave (with C19 copies), fine heraldic floor slabs to Thomas Soame 1670 and Robert Elwes 1752, fine pedimented inscription tablet to Robert Elwes 1753 by Rysbrack with Rococo cartouche and coat of arms beneath, on W wall a fine broken pedimented marble monument to Robert Elwes 1731, and on N wall a neo-Grecian marble monument to Hester Elwes 1770 by Nollekens with seated female by an urn

A small late medieval church with unusual W tower and fine C18 monuments.