The Church of Holy Trinity is an Anglican church on Bell Hill in Stapleton, Bristol, England. It has been designated as a grade II* listed building. It was built in 1857 by John Norton, in a

gothic revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...

style, with a spire which reaches . It is believed that a church has occupied this site for at least 500 years. The rebuilding of the church was funded by

James Henry Monk James Henry Monk (12 December 1784 – 6 June 1856) was an English divine and classical scholar. Life He was born at Buntingford, Hertfordshire. He was educated at Norwich School, Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Cambridge, and in 1809 ...

, Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. Pennant stone from the local Broom Hill quarry, was used in the construction, with

Bath Stone Bath Stone is an oolitic limestone comprising granular fragments of calcium carbonate. Originally obtained from the Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines under Combe Down, Somerset, England. Its honey colouring gives the World Heritage City of ...

dressings. It has a three-

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chancel and five-bay nave. Inside the church is a

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in the West porch dates from around 1000 AD. There is also a Victorian ornate font with a cover, which was imported from another church. The organ, by Vowles of Bristol was installed in the 1970s. There is a

stained glass Stained glass is coloured glass as a material or works created from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant religious buildings. Although tradition ...

window dating from 1887 which was made by Charles Eamer Kempe. One of the other windows is a memorial to Captain Gore-Langton, the son of William Gore-Langton (1760–1847). who died at the Battle of Waterloo. In 2015 an appeal to raise £250,000 for repairs to the fabric of the building and the roof. The state of the tower means that the six bells it holds may not be safe to ring. The parish is part of the

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Frenchay Frenchay is a village in the County of South Gloucestershire, England, and the Civil Parish of Winterbourne. It is on the outskirts to the north east of the city of Bristol. Frenchay was first recorded in 1257 as ''Fromscawe'' and later as '' ...

and Stapleton within the Diocese of Bristol.

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