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Church of Holy Trinity, Burrington

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Church of Holy Trinity
Stone building with arched windows and a square tower.
Church of Holy Trinity, Burrington is located in Somerset
Church of Holy Trinity, Burrington
Location within Somerset
General information
Town or cityBurrington, Somerset
CountryEngland
Coordinates51°19′51″N 2°44′59″W / 51.3307°N 2.7497°W / 51.3307; -2.7497
Completed15th century

The Church of the Holy Trinity in Burrington, Somerset, England, is from the 15th century and was restored in 1884. It is a Grade I listed building.[1]

The tower is square with diagonal buttresses but joins somewhat uncomfortably with the nave. It dates from the early 14th century.[2] It contains a bell dating from 1713 and made by Edward Bilbie of the Bilbie family.[3]

The rest of the church is all late Perpendicular. There are a few remnants of pre-Reformation stained glass but the great majority of the windows are Victorian. Of these the most notable are: the window in the south wall of the south aisle by Warrington; the window from the east in the south aisle by Charles Eamer Kempe; the west window of the south aisle by Warde and Hughes; and the west window of the north aisle by Heaton, Butler and Bayne.[2] One window includes the arms of the Capels of Langford Court.

The pews were installed in 1913 in memory of William Wills, 1st Baron Winterstoke.[2]

In 2000 a gold leaf weathervane was erected at the top of the tower.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ "Church of Holy Trinity". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 9 May 2006.
  2. ^ a b c d "Burrington, Holy Trinity". Open Churches Trust. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
  3. ^ Moore, James; Rice, Roy; Hucker, Ernest (1995). Bilbie and the Chew Valley clock makers. The authors. ISBN 0-9526702-0-8.