Church of the Holy Trinity

The Church of the Holy Trinity is a parish church with a complex construction history. The chancel, dating from 1908, was designed by Hicks and Charlewood, while the nave and tower were completed in 1920-22 by Hoare and Wheeler. The building is constructed of snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings, and has a Lakeland slate roof.

The west tower features north and south stair turrets, and is followed by an aisled nave, a south porch, an aisled chancel, and a north vestry. It is built in a Gothic style. The gabled porch has an elliptical-headed double door set within a hollow-chamfered surround that incorporates Tudor roses, beneath a crocketed ogee dripmould. The three-stage tower has a tall three-light east window, a two-light window above, and paired elliptical-headed belfry openings; it is set back by buttresses and topped with a tall spire. The windows are generally of the Decorated style, two-light except for the five-light east window. The aisles are buttressed. Parapets are present throughout, with those of the tower, nave, and nave aisles being battlemented.

Inside, the church is finished with ashlar. The nave has a queen-post roof, while the chancel has an arch-braced roof. Six-bay round arcades are supported by chamfered square piers lacking capitals and with aisle arches springing from shafts. There are also chancel and tower arches, as well as two arches leading to the Lady Chapel. The rear arches face the windows. A stone font sits within a baptistry in the tower, supported by a pedestal and shafts with a font cover. The chancel arch includes a rood beam. The chancel features oak panelling with an inscription acknowledging it as a gift from the Dalgliesh family in thanks for victory in 1918. Bronze plaques acknowledge the gift of the chancel and Lady Chapel as memorials to the Hoare family. Following the First World War, Mr and Mrs R.S. Dalgliesh commissioned the completion of the church as a threefold memorial: to give thanks for victory, to commemorate those who lost their lives, and in recognition of Tyneside’s sacrifices. A further bronze plaque records that the nave and tower were given by Mr and Mrs R.S. Dalgliesh and family, memorializing those who fell in the Great War. High-quality glass is featured throughout, including military insignia.