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the Holy Trinity

The Holy Trinity

Long Itchington

Warwickshire

Late C12/early C13

Architectural Features

early C14 and C15

Plain-tile and C20-tile roofs

Early C14 chancel of 4 bays with chamfered plinth, offset buttresses, moulded string course below window sills and cross at apex to east

Hood mould with C14 carved head labels

Three C14 windows to south, those to left and right each of 3 restored lights

C14 doorway below centre window of 2 moulded orders and pointed-arch head

Three C14 windows to south, each of 3 lights, those to left and right with Y-tracery, that to centre with cusped lights

C19/C20 stone gabled vestry with doorway to west and re-used C14 window to north of 3 ogee-headed lights with reticulated tracery

ovolo-moulded surround and hood mould with carved head labels

Early C14 nave of 4 bays with chamfered plinth, offset buttresses, moulded eaves cornice and C19/C20 coped gables

To left and right a C14 window with moulded and chamfered surrounds

Within the C14 doorway with many-moulded pointed-arch surround with hood mould and labels

C15 clerestory to north and south of 3 and 4 square-headed windows, each of 2 ogee-headed cusped lights

Early C13 south aisle of 4 bays with moulded eaves cornice with one gargoyle remaining

Early C14 window to east of 3 lights and Y tracery

Further early C14 window to right of east wall of 2 lights and Y tracery

Early C13 pointed lancets to left and centre, and to west

West tower with offset diagonal buttresses rising to top, chamfered plinth and moulded eaves cornice with damaged gargoyles

Immediately above window, continuing around to north a C14 band of sunk quatrefoils

C14 doorway now leads to vestry

C14 sedilia to south of 3 stepped seats within cusped arches and crocketed gable with poppy-head finials

C14 double piscina to left within 2 cusped lights and trefoil within tympanum

C14 Easter sepulchre to north within cusped arch of 3 moulded orders and crocketed gable with poppy head to apex and finials to either side

C14 chancel arch of 3 shafts with moulded responds

Cusped squint to right South aisle arcade of 3 bays, but originally 4, that to west blocked C15

Pointed tower arch of 2 orders, with C14 band of sunk quatrefoils above

C19/C20 king post roof to chancel, and haafierbeam nave roof supported on C15 carved head corbels

C19/C20. aisle roof supported on C14 carved head corbels to south

Late C17 communion rail with turned balusters

Restored screen with C14/C15 cusped tracery supported on later shafts

Monument in north chancel wall to John Baswork who died 1674

an inscribed brass with surround of 2 Corinthian capitals supporting a cornice and semi-circular broken pediment

C19 monument in north nave and south aisle walls

Probably C17. (V.C.H.: Warwickshire, Vol.VI, pp.129