Holy Trinitiy, Minsterley.
SY5 0AA Disabled access, WC available during services and events.
Open all year, 9am - 4pm
There is a car park available at the Parish Hall, about a hundred yards from the church. Return to the A488 and take the second exit off the roundabout, the hall is on your left.
Holy Trinity is unique, the first Shropshire church to be built in brick, in 1692, one of only a few to be built after the Great Fire of London. It has a small clock tower, and interesting 'gargoyles' over the west entrance. The architect was William Taylor, whose imagination had free rein, especially on the ornate west front. Built by the Thynne family of Longleat who had acquired nearby Minsterley Hall. ‘The first Shropshire church to be built on Classical lines, an essay in rural baroque.’ The church was built as a chapel of ease, and subsequently appointed the parish church, and now is the centre of the Stiperstones benefice. Its churchyard is closed but houses many interesting marked graves. Inside is a very old carved pulpit transferred from nearby Westbury church.
The Maidens Garlands, of which there are seven, are displayed how they would have been displayed over the grave of a 'bride to be' who died before her marriage. These date from the 1790s and are being allowed to gradually age and decompose. The inside of the church is plain, but has superb roof vaulting beams, exposed after a refurbishment removed a domed ceiling in the early 1900s.
Information from National Churches Trust:
https://www.nationalchurchestrust.org/church/holy-trinity-minsterley
Other information and pictures from A Church Near You, where more informaion can be found:
https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/10650/