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Church of The Assumption

This spectacular and romantic mid 18th-century church is built in the ‘Gothic’ style…

Church of The Blessed Virgin Mary

Much of the church we see standing on a ridge of the Mendips dates from an early Georgian rebuilding, but its shape and site suggest Saxon origins…

Church of The Holy Sepulchure

The setting of this 13th-century sandstone church with splendid views across to the Iron Age fort of Chanctonbury Ring on the South Downs is lovely, but the building itself surpasses all expectations…

Elston Chapel

This small solitary barn-like chapel of Norman origin stands in the middle of a peaceful field. Without a tower or even a bellcote, it exemplifies simplicity and charm…

Guyhirn Chapel

Designed in 1660 for Puritan worship and virtually unchanged, this little Chapel of Ease is simplicity itself…

Holy Cross Church

This elegant Medieval church sits next to the great Baroque stately home of Burley-on-the-Hill built in the 1690s, but the church itself dates from four centuries earlier…

Holy Saviour's Church

A wonderful Medieval church with a noticeably leaning tower on the low-lying north Somerset Levels. It stands on a small mound at the edge of an earthwork which has produced evidence of a 10th to 13th century settlement…

Holy Trinity Church

With its tower seen standing behind a curtain of trees, above a lake and close to the stables of the vanished mansion, this lovely church dates back to the 12th-century and enjoys a memorable setting…

Holy Trinity Church

Victorian architect Sir George Gilbert Scott built this market-town landmark in the 1840s to serve Halstead?s community west of the River Colne…

Holy Trinity Church

This handsome brick and stone church was built in 1718-19, perhaps designed by William Etty, who certainly played a part in fitting out the interior. Then in a quiet situation on the edge of a lively and vigorous port; now, again, it is surrounded by open spaces. In 1735 the apse and its ‘Venetian’ window were added, the west gallery and a new roof in about 1803, but many of the 1719 furnishings remain. The interior is brightly lit through large clear windows and has many appealing features: the striking baroque chancel arch; an elegant font with a richly ornamented cover; west end stalls for constables, overseers and sidesmen; the fine memorial to the Revd Robert Gray (1838)…