Church of the Holy Trinity, Bradpole. Grade 2, NGR: SY4804794288. Lead author: PS
The village (1) lies about a mile to the north east of Bridport just off the A35 trunk road between Bridport and Dorchester.
The church (2) is a classic example of the building stones used in the Bridport area in the 19th century when this church was built (1845). It is built of ashlar Inferior Oolite on a plinth of Forest Marble with windows doorways and buttresses of Ham Hill Stone.
The church (2) is a classic example of the building stones used in the Bridport area in the 19th century when this church was built (1845). It is built of ashlar Inferior Oolite on a plinth of Forest Marble with windows doorways and buttresses of Ham Hill Stone.
1. View of the church from Bothenhampton
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2. The church from the south
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The roof is slate. A new memorial seat in Ham Hill Stone sits alongside the south wall (3) which has a lovely view over the village (4).
3. The Ham Hill Stone seat
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4. View from the seat.
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The interior walls are plastered. The north arcade and chancel arch are made of Ham Hill Stone (5). Above the chancel arch is a 19th century fresco of Christ in Majesty by W. G. Rich and another decorates the east wall above the wooden reredos.
Fixed to the west wall is a two-centred head of a 15th-century window of Inferior Oolite (6). It was originally the east window of the former chapel of St. Andrew in Bridport, now demolished, and moved to its present position in 1909.
Fixed to the west wall is a two-centred head of a 15th-century window of Inferior Oolite (6). It was originally the east window of the former chapel of St. Andrew in Bridport, now demolished, and moved to its present position in 1909.
5. The interior
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6. The St. Andrew chapel window
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The 15th century font bowl is Inferior Oolite and sits on a 19th century Ham Hill Stone base (7). The pulpit is also Inferior Oolite (8).
7. the font
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8. The pulpit
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