Holy Trinity, Caister on Sea
Holy Trinity, Caister on Sea
Holy Trinity is a Grade II* parish church on Norwich Road, Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk, in the Diocese of Norwich.
- Location
- Caister on Sea, Norfolk
- Country
- England
- County
- Norfolk
- City / town
- Caister on Sea
- Address
- Norwich Road, Caister on Sea, Norfolk, NR30 5JN
- Postcode
- NR30 5JN
- Built
- 13th-century origins; altered 15th century; much restored 1894; roofs retiled 1976
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Holy Trinity
- Diocese
- Norwich
- Parish
- Caister-on-Sea Holy Trinity
- Grade
- II*
- Style
- Medieval parish church with Perpendicular tower and 1894 arcade
- Materials
- Flint with Lincolnshire limestone ashlar dressings; tiled roofs
- Grid reference
- TG 519 122
- Opening hours
- 9.30am to 5pm every day.
- Access
- Accessible toilets in church. Level access throughout
Overview
Historic England lists a parish church of thirteenth-century origins, altered in the fifteenth century, much restored in 1894, with roofs retiled in 1976. The fabric is flint with Lincolnshire limestone ashlar dressings. The plan is a west tower, nave, south aisle and chancel. The three-stage tower has diagonal stepped western buttresses, an early-fourteenth-century two-light west window with reticulated tracery, and a crenellated parapet. A gabled south porch has a wave-moulded arch. The four-bay south arcade on octagonal piers dates from 1894. The listing notes a nave roof famous for a 1330 contract, replaced in 1785, and a large octagonal fifteenth-century font. Norfolk Heritage Explorer records that the font, carved with evangelist symbols, was found in a garden at Eye, Suffolk, and brought here in 1902. A gabled twentieth-century vestry stands against the chancel. The church is open daily from 9.30am to 5pm.