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Holy Trinity

Holy Trinity

Gisleham

Suffolk

Round tower of C11 or earlier date

Architectural Features

the tower arch and a blocked east window are C12.

C14 octagonal belfry stage and crenellated parapet, both of knapped flint

C12 nave with C14 2-light windows, mostly original.

To the north is part of a C12 doorway with colonettes and scalloped capitals.

C15 porch, with knapped flint facade and flushwork panels to the plinth and buttresses

the moulded entrance arch is enriched with various carved motifs, and above is an empty statue niche with mutilated flanking angels.

The parapet has carved stone shields.

2-bay chancel: probably C12 core, with C14 window openings

Early C14 angle piscina (mutilated) in south chancel

Holy Trinity church  > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2085759 has a round tower with a Saxon or early Norman base and a 15th century octagonal brick top.  The church was extensively restored in Victorian times but the original font and two paintings > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2085800 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2085804 in the window splays in the north wall have survived.

C15 octagonal font: lions against the stem, heads and vine foliage to the underside of the bowl and cusped bowl panels with alternate heads and shields.

Holy Trinity church > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2085759 has a round tower with a Saxon or early Norman base and a 15th century octagonal brick top. The church was extensively restored in Victorian times but the original font and two paintings > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2085800 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2085804 in the window splays in the north wall have survived.

© Evelyn Simak

The 2 easternmost north nave windows have well-preserved C15 paintings in their eastern reveals

they show figures of female saints with rays and angels above.