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Holy Trinity

Rothwell

Northamptonshire

C12, C13, C14, C15, early C16

Architectural Features

3-stage west tower, c.1225 and C14, has 3 angle and clasping buttresses, plinth and string courses, 4 pinnacles and pyramidal roof with finial and wind vane

West side has roll moulded doorway of 5 orders with ringed shafts and responds, and re-set late C12 arch with zigzag bands

Second stage has to north 2 blocked C14 openings, that to left containing a lancet

To their right, a blocked C13 roll moulded opening with shafts

To west, a partly blocked late C14 double lancet, now containing a moulded clock dial

Clerestory, C15, has single bellcote to east gable

C13 north aisle, 4 bays, has to north 4 and to west a single buttress, 2 set-offs

C14 north porch has roll moulded doorway with triple shafts, hood mould and stops, and 2-leaf C17 studded doors

In the east one, a plain late C13 double lancet

Lady chapel, C13, refenestrated C15, 3 bays, has at north east corner a complex external. pier with a gabled frieze, topped with a spire

North side has 3 transomed Perpendicular lancets and to their right, a C13 moulded doorway

East end has a C13 triple lancet with intersecting tracery, its lower light blocked by a C19 lean-to vestry, Perpendicular style

Buttressed late C13 south aisle, 4 bays, has to south 3 tall plain triple lancets with shafts, hood moulds and mask stops

The smaller arch to the left contains a C13 triple lance with spherical triangles over

South porch, C13 and C14, has moulded doorway with ringed shafts, gable and crocketed pinnacles, and slab roof

Sanctuary east end, mid C14, has a cusped 5-light lancet with panel tracery and hood mould with mask stops flanked by single angle buttresses with octagonal upper parts topped with spires

Above, to the left, 3 late C12 round headed windows and above them, a C12 corbel table

Interior has C14 vaulted tower chamber with bosses and bell hole, and late C13 moulded tower arch with filleted shafts and naturalistic capitals

Nave arcades, early C13, raised mid C13, 5 bays, incorporate c1200 crossing at the east end

North aisle west end has C13 moulded doorway to tower, with mid C17 door

North side east windows have C13 surrounds

East end has early C14 double chamfered arch into former transept and to east again, triple chamfered arch with shafts and traceried oak screen, 1935, to Lady chapel

North side has to east, C14 tomb recess and 3 windows with linked hood moulds

East end has stained glass window, 1931, flanked by single square brackets, and to east a C14 ogee piscina

South side has 2-bay arcade, C14, towards chancel

South side has to east the remains of a C14 double piscina

East end has triple-coved C14 arch with hood mould and 3 re- set mask stops into the former transept

South chapel has on north side a re-set 2-light low side window and above, a C12 corbel table

Chancel has early C14 triple hollow chamfered arch with hood mould and stops and clustered shaft responds

Sanctuary north side has a C15 doorway and a C20 aumbry

South side has remains of a late C13 canopied triple piscina and a damaged C14 canopied quadruple sedilia

To west, a stained glass window

Above, a sill band and 5 unglazed C12 windows with linked hood mould

Rare 2-bay crypt, early C13, has chamfered ribbed vault and contains the bones of some 1,500 persons

East end has traces of wall painting

Fittings include unusual hexagonal C13 font with detached ringed angle shafts

Restored C14 traceried stalls with figure finials and 8 misericords

Brass chandelier, 1733

Royal Arms, late C15, C19 and C20 pulpit, lectern and chairs

Panelled marquetry screen, 1922, made from Cl7 panels. memorials include 3 C13 coffin lids, incised lid, 1309, brass to William de Rowell, 1361

2 chest tombs, one with brasses, to Owen Ragsdale, 1591, with Latin inscription

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