s. Foster & Andrews, of Hull, and has one manual, with
pedals.
The Pulpit, on the south of the lofty chancel arch, is of stone, having 5
panels with dog-tooth borders, illuminated in gold and various colours;
and having, within central circles, figures of SS. Matthew, Mark, Luke
and John, the fifth having the cross with the inscription "Feed my
sheep." The Reading Desk, on the north, is part of the chancel sedilia;
this, with the Lectern, slightly carved, in front of it, and all the
sittings, are of pitch pine, stained.
At the west end of the south aisle is a plain lancet window of one light.
The window corresponding to this, in the north aisle, has good coloured
glass, in memory of the late Hugh George, M.D., who died in 1895. It has
two subjects (1) The healing of the lame man by SS. Peter and John, at
the beautiful gate of the temple, and (2) Luke, the beloved physician,
ministering to St. Paul, in prison at Rome.
The west window is of two lights, narrow lancets with circular window
above, having quatrefoil tracery. These are filled with coloured glass,
given by the late Miss Lucy Babington of The Rookery, Horncastle, in
memory of her parents, brothers and sister. The subject in the upper
"Rose" window is the Holy Dove descending; those in the window below are
(1) our Lord's Baptism, (2) His commission to the disciples, "Go ye, and
baptize all nations;" (3) The baptism of a Jew (St. Paul), and (4) The
baptism of a Gentile (Cornelius). {59}
[Picture: Holy Trinity Church]
Below this window, and in keeping with the subjects above, stands the
Font, on a plain octagonal base. The bowl is circular and larger than
that in St. Mary's Church. It is supported by 8 carved pilasters at the
angles, with a central one; rising from these are narrow arches with
dog-tooth moulding.
In the eastern part of the churchyard lie the remains of four successive
vicars of Horncastle, and the wife of a fifth. A coffin-shaped stone,
adorned with a full-length floriated cross, has this inscription: "Thomas
James Clarke, M.A., Vicar of Horncastle, died 14th May, 1853. Is any
among you afflicted, let him pray." This stone was put down by the Rev.
Edmund Huff, who was curate at the time of Mr. Clarke's death, and
afterwards Rector of Little Cawthorpe near Louth.
An upright stone, the head forming an inverted overhanging arch,
ornamented with dog-tooth pattern (copied from a panel in the church
pulpit),
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