Holy Trinity, Abbots Leigh
Holy Trinity, Abbots Leigh
Holy Trinity is the Grade II* parish church of Abbots Leigh, North Somerset, a fifteenth-century Perpendicular church restored after a fire in 1848, in the Diocese of Bristol.
- Location
- Abbots Leigh, City of Bristol
- Country
- England
- County
- City of Bristol
- City / town
- Abbots Leigh
- Address
- Church Road, Abbots Leigh, City of Bristol, BS8 3QT
- Postcode
- BS8 3QT
- Built
- C15; restored and partly rebuilt 1847–48 after fire
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Holy Trinity
- Diocese
- Bristol
- Parish
- Abbots Leigh with Leigh Woods
- Grade
- II*
- Style
- Perpendicular
- Materials
- Coursed rubble with freestone dressings; slate nave roof; double Roman tiles to chancel
- Grid reference
- ST 544 740
- Opening hours
- Open daily.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets in church
Overview
Historic England lists a fifteenth-century Anglican parish church restored and partly rebuilt after a fire in 1847–48. The plan is west tower, nave, north and south aisles, south porch, chancel and vestry, all in Perpendicular style. Walls are coursed rubble with freestone dressings; the nave has a slate roof and the chancel double Roman tiles. The three-stage west tower has diagonal buttresses, an embattled parapet and a polygonal stair turret. The church was listed Grade II* on 11 October 1961 (list entry 1312353).
A fire on 21 February 1848 gutted the church. The tower and chancel were saved; William Miles (later 1st Baron Miles) paid for the rebuilding, adding the vestry and north aisle. Three of the six bells were cast in 1781 by William Bilbie.
The legal parish is Abbots Leigh with Leigh Woods. Abbots Leigh lies in North Somerset, immediately west of Bristol.