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Former Church of Holy Trinity Approximately 70 Metres East of Ettington Park Hotel

Former Church Of Holy Trinity Approximately 70 Metres East Of Ettington Park Hotel

Alderminster CP

Warwickshire

Partly ruined C13 church

Architectural Features

EXTERIOR: C14 3-bay north arcade has hexagonal piers with moulded capitals, one with heads, and double-chamfered arches

West wall to lost lean-to north aisle has diagonal buttress and 4-light window with C17 straight mullions

FITTINGS: early C19 stalls by Rickman with cast-iron panels, and later encaustic tiles to chapel

Monuments: many monuments and wall tablets to members of the Shirley and Underhill families including: Anthony Underhill, d.1587, painted panel with verse

monument by JF Moore

veined marble plinth with inscription panel supports red and white marble sarcophagus with feet and oval inscription panel and reclining figure of George Shirley against grey marble stele with armorial bearing over white cornice

figures of Earl and Countess flank sarcophagus

plaque to right records that monument was intended for the church at Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, but was placed here by George Shirly when permission refused by Washington, Earl Ferrers

STAINED GLASS: glass to transept and chapel by Evie Hone

replacing glass from Winchester College which was returned there

Scheduled Ancient Monument. (Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Warwickshire: Harmondsworth: 1966-: 290