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Church of the Holy Trinity

A Grade I Listed Building in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham

  • Holy Trinity: originally c13 church but mostly dates from end of c15; aisles & chapels added by Bishop Veysey in 1533

  • Holy Trinity: heavily restored though three-stage c15 west tower was left alone; stages divided by moulded string courses; embattled parapet

  • Holy Trinity: c15 or c16 nave with octagonal piers & single chamfered arches; capitals moulded as per chancel arch; clerestory added c18

  • Holy Trinity: barrel vaulted ceiling of chancel (decorated 1914)

  • Holy Trinity: ceiling of nave (decorated 1929)

  • Holy Trinity: painted ceiling of the Veysey chapel, 1929

  • Holy Trinity: c12 circular font with interlacing arcade & grotesque heads

  • Holy Trinity: monument to John Veysey (Harman), d.1554, Bishop of Exeter; mitre & mass vestments; erected by his great nephew John Wyrley, repaired 1748

  • Holy Trinity: arms from the monument to Bishop Veysey, d.1554

  • Holy Trinity: Tudor Royal Arms from the Veysey monument with the inscription 'Dominus MIHI Advitor'

  • Holy Trinity: monument to Henry Pudsey of Langley, d.1667, & wife Jane Thornhagh of Fenton; busts within draped recess

  • Holy Trinity: inscription from the monument to Henry Pudsey of Langley, d.1667

  • Holy Trinity: memorial to William Jesson, d.1725, & Anne Pudsey, d.1719, with long Latin inscription relating to their surviving children

  • Holy Trinity: memorial to the predeceased children of William Jesson, d.1725, & Anne Pudsey, d.1719

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Entry Name: Church of the Holy Trinity

Listing Date: 18 October 1949

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1319961

English Heritage Legacy ID: 216553

ID on this website: 101319961

Location: Holy Trinity Church, Royal Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B72

County: Birmingham

Civil Parish: Sutton Coldfield

Built-Up Area: Sutton Coldfield

Traditional County: Warwickshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Midlands

Church of England Parish: Sutton Coldfield Holy Trinity

Church of England Diocese: Birmingham

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