The Anglican Church of the Holy Trinity in

Newton St Loe Newton St Loe is a small Somerset village and civil parish located close to the villages of Corston and Stanton Prior, between Bath and Bristol in England. The majority of the village is owned by the Duchy of Cornwall. The parish has a populati ...

within the

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county of

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is a Grade II*

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. A church has stood on the site, close to

Newton St Loe Castle Newton St Loe Castle was a fortified manor house in the village of Newton St Loe, Somerset, England. Parts of it survive: a 14th-century keep and 15th-century gatehouse, both Grade I listed buildings. Description The lands around Newton St. Loe ...

and

Newton Park Newton Park is an 18th-century Grade I listed country house in the parish of Newton St Loe, Somerset, England, situated west of Bath. History Newton Park was built in 1762–5 by Joseph Langton (grandson of Joseph Langton (c.1637–1719), of ...

, since the 11th century, however the current stone building was constructed in the 14th with the tower being added in the 15th. It was

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in 1857. The bell tower has a clock face with only one hand.

History

A church stood on the site during the 11th century and was mentioned in the

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. The current building is from the 14th century. The tower was added in the 15th century. In 1857 the church was restored and the north aisle was added by

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who later became the

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. The work was funded by William Gore-Langton. The parish is part of the benefice of

Farmborough Farmborough is a small village and civil parish, south west of Bath in Somerset, England. It straddles both the A39 and A368 roads. The parish has a population of 1,035. History The Farmborough Hoard of Iron Age coins was found in the ...

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and

Stanton Prior Stanton Prior is a small village within the civil parish of Marksbury, set in Duchy of Cornwall countryside between Newton St Loe and Marksbury, west from the UK city of Bath, Somerset. Stanton Prior derives its name from the Old English 'S ...

, Corston and Newton St Loe, and within the archdeaconry of

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Architecture

The stone building has north and south

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, west tower and organ chamber covered with a slate roof. It has a three-stage west tower, supported by diagonal

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es. The tower is tall. On the tower is a clock face with a single hand. It contains six bells these were recast from the original five by Thomas Bilbie of the

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in 1741. The tower is separated from the nave by a wooden screen erected in 1909.

Interior

Holy Trinity Church, Newton St Loe, tomb of Joseph Langton

Most of the interior fittings, including the

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, pews, pulpit and screen are from the 1857 restoration; however some of the monuments are considerably older. These include the marble tomb of Joseph Langton who died in 1701. A

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railing surrounds the vault which also has an inscription on

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commemorating his seven children who all died prematurely. The organ was installed in 1879.

Notable interments

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References

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History

Architecture

Interior

Notable interments

See also

References