Holy Trinity Old Church, Bothenhampton
{{Short description|Church in Dorset, England}}
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Holy Trinity Old Church in Bothenhampton, Dorset, England was built in the 13th or 14th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building,{{NHLE |num= 1324171|desc= Old Holy Trinity Church, Bothenhampton |grade=I |accessdate=17 August 2013 |mode=cs2}} and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.{{citation|title=Holy Trinity Old Church, Bothenhampton, Dorset|url=https://www.visitchurches.org.uk/visit/church-listing/old-holy-trinity-bothenhampton.html|publisher=Churches Conservation Trust|access-date=8 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019035819/https://www.visitchurches.org.uk/visit/church-listing/old-holy-trinity-bothenhampton.html|archive-date=19 October 2016|url-status=live}} It was declared redundant on 1 April 1971, and was vested in the Trust on 23 October 1972.{{Citation | year = 2011| title = Diocese of Salisbury: All Schemes| series = Church Commissioners/Statistics| publisher = Church of England| page = 2| format = PDF | url = http://www.churchofengland.org/media/811097/salisbury%20-%20all%20schemes.pdf| access-date =2 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316083831/http://www.churchofengland.org/media/811097/salisbury%20-%20all%20schemes.pdf|archive-date=16 March 2012}}
History
The church was built in the 13th or 14th century. The chancel and the 15th-century tower are the only parts of this mediaeval parish church to survive.
In the 1880s the nave was demolished and the new Holy Trinity Church was built in the village by Edward Schroeder Prior.{{cite web |title=New Holy Trinity Church |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1213728 |publisher=Historic England|website=National Heritage List for England |access-date=8 March 2020}} The old church continued to be used as a mortuary chapel until 1971.{{cite web |title=Holy Trinity (Old Church), Bothenhampton, Dorset - 12th October 2006 |url=https://www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum/Dorset/Bothenhampton/Bothenhampton-Holy-Trinity-Old.htm |publisher=Roughwood |access-date=8 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517201259/http://www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum/Dorset/Bothenhampton/Bothenhampton-Holy-Trinity-Old.htm |archive-date=17 May 2008 |url-status=live }}
Subsequently, the chancel was used as a mortuary chapel. In 1971, the dilapidated state of the church lead to it being formally declared redundant and in 1972 it became the responsibility of the Redundant Churches Fund, which became the Churches Conservation Trust.{{Citation|title=Churches|url=http://www.bothenhampton.org.uk/churches.htm|publisher=Bothenhampton Village|access-date=18 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911021143/http://www.bothenhampton.org.uk/churches.htm|archive-date=11 September 2011|url-status=live}}
Architecture
The stone building now consists of the three-bay chancel with a stone slab roof of arch-braced collar construction. The chancel is approximately {{convert|21|ft}} long and {{convert|10|ft|6|in}} wide. The two or three-stage tower to the south of the chancel has gargoyles and a parapet. It is supported by short buttresses. The doorway on the west side has a plank door.
The interior of the church includes an early Georgian reredos, and a 13th-century font although the base and stem are from the 20th century.
See also
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{{Commons category-inline|Old Church of Holy Trinity, Bothenhampton}}
Category:14th-century church buildings in England
Category:Church of England church buildings in Dorset
Category:Grade I listed churches in Dorset
Category:Churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust