Doynton Parish Church



From a diary: "The Cenetaph for the Falling what is in the Doynton ChurchYard was sawed out of 4 blocks of Freestone by myself and Mr Webb, neither of us had ever done anything like it befor, Mr Webb took the job on and I assisted him." The diary owner was Ernest Porter. He was once the tenant at the Cross House pub - which is just a stones throw from the church.
The Holy Trinity Church
Photos by John Wilkes of Cam
near Dursley, Gloucestershire
The Gloucestershire Photo Library

Page composition by Allan Taylor of Vancouver, Canada
http://www.allthecotswolds.com

'Doynton House' was built in the early 17th Century. The Holy Trinity Church in Doynton was mostly rebuilt 1864-65 by J. E. Gill of Bath. The tower is built in the Perpendicular style with gargoyles and one surviving pinnacle. The church was again restored in 1893. Doynton House is a typical gabled early 17th Century house with mullioned windows. The house has conspicuous relieving arches that are embedded in the masonry over the windows.
These arches are a feature of this district of South Gloucestershire, which is very much in the 'Bristol Quarter' of old Gloucestershire. The gables have
finials and the chimneys are set diagonally.