New Charlton: Holy Trinity
Overview
Grid reference: TQ 416 787
The walls are constructed of brickwork set in Flemish bond with red facing bricks internally and externally. There are Bath stone dressings and stone is used also for the arcade piers, the inner order of the chancel arch, the soffits of the nave arcade and the wall posts of the nave and chancel roofs.
Visiting and facilities
Building is closed for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Tall clerestory nave, with aisles, western narthex, north organ chamber, southern vestry in transeptal positions, porch to the west of the vestry and a tall chancel.
Description of Archaeology and History
The foundation stone was laid in 1893 and the church was completed and consecrated in 1894. The architect was John Rowland, a Charlton resident, and the builders were Balaam Bros.
Exterior Description
The walls are constructed of brickwork set in Flemish bond with red facing bricks internally and externally. There are Bath stone dressings and stone is used also for the arcade piers, the inner order of the chancel arch, the soffits of the nave arcade and the wall posts of the nave and chancel roofs. Hoodmoulding, generally continuous throughout the building, is of stone within and of brick outside. The exterior displays sparing use of banding in stone. Although the gables of the north transept and the east end are so treated, the banding of the west end and the southern elevation at aisle and clerestory level is appropriately more conspicuous. The church is floored with wood blocks in the nave and crushed marble with tesselated borders in the chancel. Roof coverings are of both slate and tile.
It is a large building in the lancet style for the most part, although mullioned windows are used in the south porch and more incongruously in the western narthex, where they co-exist with a superfluous central gable and a doorway with a Caernarvon arch and a sculptured tympanum. The narthex has two further doors at its north and south ends and-these are treated in a similar fashion. At the west and east end of the church are stepped triple lancets with the individual lights each cinquefoil-headed and the central light raised in a quatrefoil. The western faces of the aisles are broken by a pair of lancet lights surmounted by a cinquefoil. Both the clerestory and aisle windows are grouped into five paired lancets. The vestry is well lit by a tall two-light window surmounted by an octofoiled circle above and flanked by further cinquefoil-headed lights. The aisles are articulated by buttresses but they are not continued up to divide the clerestory. The buttressing of the western corners of the nave is of the angle type, but the buttresses descend to form the coping over the lean-to roofs of the aisles and narthex before terminatingbelow the large moulded kneelers in stepped buttresses to the aisles and western buttresses to the narthex. The chancel and transepts are supported by stepped buttresses to the north and south. At the east andlest ends and the junction of the nave and chancel, the buttresses are capped with gablets below which there is a little blank tracery. The exterior profile is finished by chimneys towards the western end of the chancel on its north and south roof slopes.
Building Fabric and Features
Stained Glass
c. 1900
Four lights only, including central light of east window, c.1900, depicting Christ in Majesty, by Jones and Willis.
Interior
Interior Description
The interior gives an impression of warmth contributed by the dark red brickwork. It is spacious, but, despite the quantity of clear glazing, it remains dark. The proportions are generally satisfactory. The nave roof is boarded, and divided into bays by an arch braced collar below a small scissor. The roof is sub-divided in each bay by a small collar, but a strong longitudinal emphasis is given by the purlins. The chancel roof is of arch braced construction, boarded between the rafters and in the aisles the lean-to roofs are supported on struts which spring from the piers of the arcade. The arcade of five bays is articulated by the wall posts which rest on floriated corbels set low in the spandrels of the arches. The chancel divided into three bays by wall posts. The nave arcade has a complex arch moulding, but consists essentially of a roll and a keel moulding. Piers and capitals are circular. The chancel arch is corbelled out from the wall above the level of the rood screen; it rests on paired stone shafts with shaft-rings which are supported on large demi-angels. The organ chamber (north transept) is divided from the chancel by a two-bay arcade into which the organ console and case are most skilfully contrived. The arcade has circular shafts of marble with stone capitals. On the north side of the sanctuary is an arched recess for the aumbry with a boldly projecting sill. Opposite is a brass plate set within a cinquefoil-headed light contained by an arched surround. It records the benefaction of the church by Sir Spencer M. Maryon-Wilson. The north aisle and south aisle open into the organ chamber and the vestry respectively by way of low brick arches with thin continuous roll mouldings at their edges and hoodmoulds of stone. The principal entrance to the church is at the west end through a pair of similar arches. The internal treatment of the fenestration deserves mention, as each pair of lancet lights in the aisles and at the west end is divided by a free-standing stone shaft with a circular cap and base, and the rere-arches have the device of the roll-moulding at the edge.
Fixtures and fittings
Screen
1910
By F.H. Greenway and J.E. Newberry, who built several churches in the vicinity. The design of the screen allows a clear and uninterruptedview of the east end. It is divided into three lights either side of a large central doorway, but the wainscot panels are sub-divided. The simple mullioned lights are given depressed cinquefoil-headed lights with a little panel tracery in the spandrels. The cornice projects slightly with decoration of carved fleurons, and is crowned by cresting. Above. rises a well-executed rood, which is evidently part of the same composition. The screen respects the lines of the of the building and is a good example of the partnership's work.
Pulpit
A demi-hexagon in wood, elaborately carved. Two trefoil headed lights are set above two small panels, carved with cherubs heads and swags of fruit in each face, and below a bold cornice of strapwork ornament.
Font (object)
Of unusual design: a large winged angel kneels on a stepped base, holding a large stone shell.
Organ (object)
A two-manual Bevington. The console is recessed behind the chancel arcade, but two triangular columns of pipework are supported on brackets from the console in front of the arches. They are connected by a cross-piece, the central portion of which is brought forward. The wooden case is of openwork carving, plentifully cusped and crowned by a bold cornice.
Lectern
Brass, eagle type, with a diminutive eagle.
Churchyard
Grid reference: TQ 416 787
Burial and War Grave Information
It is unknown whether the building is consecrated.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has been used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has war graves.
National Heritage record for England designations
There are no records of National Heritage assets within the curtilage of this site.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
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There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | N/A |
| Solar Thermal Panels | N/A |
| Biomass | N/A |
| Wind Turbine | N/A |
| Air Source Heat Pump | N/A |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | N/A |
| Ev Charging | N/A |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
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'Seek advice' Species
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