Church of the Holy Trinity, Chantry explained

Location Town:Whatley, Mendip
Location Country:England
Construction Start Date:1844
Completion Date:1846
Map Type:Somerset
Coordinates:51.2217°N -2.4034°W

The Church of the Holy Trinity at Chantry, in the parish of Whatley, Somerset, England, dates from 1844 to 1846. 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 6feet by 1inchesft9inchesin (ftin) 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]

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Notes and References

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