Church of the Holy Trinity, Chantry

Chantry Church
Location within Somerset
General information
Town or city Whatley, Mendip
Country England
Coordinates 51°13′37″N 2°22′56″W / 51.2270°N 2.3822°W / 51.2270; -2.3822
Construction started 1844
Completed 1846

The Church of the Holy Trinity at Chantry, in the parish of Whatley, Somerset, England, dates from 1844–46. It was designed by George Gilbert Scott and William Moffatt, with further work by William George Brown of Frome, for James Fussell, who owned the Old Iron Works, Mells. It is a Grade I listed building.[1]

The small Doulting stone church has a nave, chancel, porch and vestry. The roof is covered by 400 slates each of which is 6 feet (1.8 m) by 1 foot 9 inches (0.53 m) with the gaps covered by rolls of slate. The small spire contains a single bell.[2]

In 1858 Richard William Church was amongst the clergy of the church.[3]

Nearby is the Manor Farmhouse Gatehouse which was built around 1500 and is also Grade I listed.[4]

The parish is within the benefice of Mells with Buckland Dinham, Great Elm and Whatley within the Frome deanery.[5]

See also

References

  1. "Church of the Holy Trinity". Images of England. Retrieved 25 November 2006.
  2. Rawlins, David. "Chantry Church". Chantry. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  3. "Catalogue of notebooks of R.W. Church". University of Oxford. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  4. "Gatehouse to West of Manor Farmhouse". Images of England. English Heritage. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  5. "Holy Trinity, Chantry". Church of England. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
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