Church of Holy Trinity, Tattershall

About

Holy Trinity Church is an Anglican place of worship located in Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England. It belongs to the Church of England and is part of a united benefice with three nearby churches. There was a Norman chapel at Tattershall, but no trace of this remains.

The present building was begun in c. 1465 under the provisions of the will of Ralph Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell, who owned Tattershall Castle, and was intended to serve a college of priests founded at Tattershall by Cromwell in 1440. The college was dissolved in 1545 as part of the English Reformation.

In 1754 or 1757 most of the medieval stained glass in the church was removed and sold, being installed primarily in Burghley House and St Martin's Church, Stamford; the remaining glass at Tattershall has been re-assembled in the east window. The church is known for its architecture, being described as "Lincolnshire's grandest Perpendicular church" by the National Churches Trust and as "built regardless of expense for a man who wanted size rather than pretty decoration" in the Buildings of England series. It retains some of its medieval furnishings, including a pulpit, pulpitum, and combined piscina and sedilia.

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