The Frome Holy Trinity in
Frome
Frome ( ) is a town and civil parish in eastern Somerset, England. The town is built on uneven high ground at the eastern end of the Mendip Hills, and centres on the River Frome. The town, about south of Bath, is the largest in the Mendip d ...
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Somerset
( en, All The People of Somerset)
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, England was built in 1837. It is a Grade II*
listed building
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History
The church was built in 1837, by
Henry Goodridge, as a
Commissioners' church
A Commissioners' church, also known as a Waterloo church and Million Act church, is an Anglican church in the United Kingdom built with money voted by Parliament as a result of the Church Building Acts of 1818 and 1824. The 1818 Act supplie ...
in a
Gothic revival style.
, workhouse reformer was interred in the churchyard in 1871.
In 2015 refurbishment work included new underfloor heating along with improved lighting and audio visual capabilities.
The parish and
benefice of Frome (Holy Trinity) are within the
Diocese of Bath and Wells
The Diocese of Bath and Wells is a diocese in the Church of England Province of Canterbury in England.
The diocese covers the county of Somerset and a small area of Dorset. The Episcopal seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells is located in the ...
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Architecture
It is a stone building. Nine of the
stained glass windows were designed by
Edward Burne-Jones
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Baronet, (; 28 August, 183317 June, 1898) was a British painter and designer associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood which included Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Millais, Ford Madox Brown and Holman ...
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The figures are powerfully drawn, with vibrant colours and leafy backgrounds. They were made and installed by
Morris & Co., between 1880 and 1918. A pamphlet available in the church has illustrations of all the windows with details of each commission.
The only stained glass windows which were not designed by Burne-Jones are placed above the altar and were made and installed by the Horwood Brothers in 1875, a local firm from Great Elm, to commemorate the first vicar, Rev Alfred Daniel. Sadly they did not have the same expertise of Morris & Co; some of the painting of the faces has faded.
installed an iron rood screen across the nave 1903–06; this has now been repositioned within a side chapel.
See also
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References
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External links
Holy Trinity, Frome
Grade II* listed buildings in Mendip District
Grade II* listed churches in Somerset
Frome