Sutton Coldfield’s historical parish church of Holy Trinity had extended been on my ‘to do’ list, possessing failed to get entry on my last stop by a pair of a long time back. I would been ready to get pleasure from it is really red sandstone exterior, with it really is combination of 15th century and Victorian components, but it is really inside physical appearance and contents mostly remained a secret to me, until now.
I was really impressed by the inside with it can be wealthy jumble of furnishings and painted ceilings, a real gem with loads of interest. The church alone is really restored (the outer north aisle is a Victorian extension), and the arcades are all curiously rounded from mid 16th century and afterwards rebuildings and expose galleries in the aisles. It all looked quite gloomy with so a great deal purple stone and dim woodwork, but C.E.Bateman’s early 20th century ceiling decoration (nave, chancel and north chapel) is stunning and does substantially to cheer up an in any other case sombre interior. There is some fantastic submit-Reformation woodwork in the chancel screens and stalls, much having been ejected from Worcester Cathedral in the course of Scott’s restoration.
There is some fantastic glass, the east window is incredibly fruity 1850s by Gibbs, but my favorite glass was the wonderful 1907 Supper at Emmaus by Mary Lowndes, alongside with the Yoxall & Whitford windows nearby in the south chapel. There are some fascinating monuments, a number of good tablets, a significant Baroque piece with busts and the tomb and effigy of Bishop Vesey, supposedly the unique 1550s figure but searching so carefully renewed I was confident it was a contemporary pastiche (Pevsner attributes far too much tlc!). There is also a good Norman font, originally in nearby Nether Whitacre church prior to it really is rebuilding.
I experienced listened to good things about this church immediately after my first tried pay a visit to, so soon after concluding my company in neighbouring Streetly I arrived straight in this article. It is however however generally kept locked, so I experimented with asking at the parish centre opposite, and immediately after an originally somewhat lukewarm reception (possibly extra warning would have aided) a lady kindly presented to open up up for me. I described I was keen to see the church and it is really furnishings as they are, acquiring heard about programs for a important reordering, however owing to the large charges included this was dismissed as getting some way off, potentially 5 or so a long time, so no concrete plans just but.
Posted by Aidan McRae Thomson on 2012-05-26 06:07:49
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