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The Holy Trinity

Belbroughton CP

Worcestershire

C12 origins

Architectural Features

altered C13

partly rebuilt C14

further alterations in C15

older chancel has fishscale-tiled roof with decorative ridge tiles.

West tower: C15

Nave: mainly restored C13 work retaining some C12 fragments

C12 window in west bay

C19 square-headed 3-light window at east end with adjacent restored C17 memorial to Richard Tristram.

Round-headed south doorway incor- porates C12 work and has roll mouidings and double-shafted jambs.

Chancel: C14

North elevation has a 3- light, and two 2-light windows and an ogee-arched doorway which incorporates C14 stonework.

C16 chancel arch is Similar to south arcade

There is a C15 tower arch.

Nave and chancel roofs are C17 with collar and tie-beam trusses.

On the eastern nave tie-beam is written "WT: 1654: GW" and on the western chancel tie-beam is written "Laus Deo/ This Roofe was new built at the/ charge of Richard Tristram Rector/ 1660".

The old chancel has a large ogee- arched tomb recess, a C15 sedilia

a C13 reset piscina.

C17 panelled reredos and altar rails.

South aisle has a C13 cusped piscina and also the remains of wall paintings.

C15 font with octagonal bowl and quatrefoil panels.

Jacobean octagonal pulpit with dragon frieze, strap- work and grotesque corbels

the lectern is of similar date and design.

Memorials: there are.numerous C18 and C19 memorials in the old chancel, some of which are ornately detailed.

Glass: some medieval fragments in a nave window.

This substantial parish church has retained a considerable proportion of its medieval fabric and its C17 roofs and furnishings are of particular interest. (VCH 3(i) p 117: BoE, p 77-8).