| HER Number (PRN): | 00695 |
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| Name: | Holy Trinity Church, Old Vicarage Rd, Dawley |
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| Type of Record: | Building |
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| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II) 1367385: HOLY TRINITY CHURCH |
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Monument Type(s):
Summary
A church, dated 1845 with parts of older church, which is protected by Grade II Listing.
| Parish: | Great Dawley, Telford and Wrekin |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ60NE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 6872 0647 |
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Related records
| 03835 | Related to: Supposed site of first medieval Apley Castle, near Apley Home Farm (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
1845 by E Egington. Perpendicular ashlar built church comprising; nave, north and south aisles with south baptistery, chancel, north vestry and west tower. Perpendicular traceried pointed arch and flat-headed windows. Embattled parapets to aisles. West tower with diagonal buttresses with set-offs and embattled parapet with pinnacles.
Interior: arcades with thin perpendicular piers and wide arches. Large west gallery on cast-iron columns. Good late Norman font, tub-shaped with zig-zag decoration at base and fluted panels above, and tree of life carving on one side.
Set into modern churchyard boundary wall a stone with date 1652 and initials D over T.A. and 2 crudely carved heads <1>
Photographed during aerial survey in 2009. <6>
Photograph taken 21st July 2016. <7>
Here you will find the communal grave of eight miners who were killed in a shaft accident at Springwell Pit in 1872. <8>
Shropshire Archives hold a watercolour of Holy Trinity Church, Dawley (Reference 6001/372/1/20), by Reverend Edward Williams, dated to 1786. A small-scale thumbnail can be found via their online catalogue: https://www.shropshirearchives.org.uk/collections/getrecord/CCA_X6001_19_372A_20 <9>
Sources
| [00] | SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 00695. |
| [01] | SSA662 - List of Buildings: Department of the Environment (DoE). 1983-Apr-08. 19th List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. Vol 1126-0. List volume. p58. |
| [02] | SSA110 - Monograph: Pevsner Nikolaus. 1958. Buildings of England (Shropshire). Buildings of England. p119. |
| [03] | SSA2717 - Management report: Council for Places of Worship. Pastoral Measures Report. Pastoral Measures Report. PM 456. 3. |
| [04] | SSA3008 - Monograph: Cranage D H S. 1905. An Architectural Account of the Churches of Shropshire Vol 7. Vol 7. p567-568. |
| [05] | SSA2174 - Gazetteer: Bagshaw S. 1851. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Shropshire. Directory. 374-375. |
| [06] | SSA25765 - Oblique aerial photograph: Shropshire Council. 2009-Apr-5. SA0908_97 to SA0908_99 (3 photos) Flight: 09_SA_08. Colour. Digital. |
| [07] | SSA27226 - HER comment: Haynes J B. 2014 onwards. Comments by J B Haynes, HER Compiler. 01/09/2016. |
| [08] | SSA23020 - Monograph: Pearce A (ed). 1995. Mining in Shropshire. Shropshire Caving and Mining Club. p.39. |
| [09] | SSA2272 - Painting: Williams E Rev. 1785-1823. Watercolours of Shropshire churches, chapels etc.. Watercolour. https://www.shropshirearchives.org.uk/collections/getrecord/CCA_X6001_19_372A_20. |
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 16 2022 12:41PM |
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