Trinity Church is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 March 2001. Church. 9 related planning applications.
Trinity Church
- WRENN ID
- small-span-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne North MP: Catherine McKinnell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 March 2001
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Trinity Church, West Avenue, NE3 4AG
- OS grid reference
- NZ 243 679
- Coordinates
- 55.00547, -1.62069
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Trinity Church is a Methodist church dating from 1877, designed by Septimus Oswald & Son. The church is constructed of ashlar with slate roofs, terracotta ridge tiles, and lead finials. It features a chamfered plinth.
The east entrance front has a central pointed arched doorway framed by a moulded ashlar surround, now with late 20th-century double doors, flanked by single, chamfered lancet windows under a continuous hood mould. Above this is a large triple lancet window within an elaborately moulded surround, and above that a circular window in the gable apex. To the left is an octagonal stair tower; its narrower upper stages feature quatrefoils and tall, narrow lancets, topped by an octagonal ashlar spire. Beyond this are a single lancet on the ground floor and two above. To the right is an apsidal ended entrance with a single pointed arched doorway and two lancets above.
The north and south facades have simple lancet windows on the ground floor and above the galleries. Gabled transepts project on both sides, each with pairs of lancets below and pairs of 2-light pointed arched windows above, with reticulated tracery. The apsidal west end has three narrow lancets.
The interior is largely intact, featuring original wooden U-plan galleries supported by cast iron columns, with similar columns above supporting pointed wooden arcades and a fine boarded roof. Original pews are present on the ground floor and in the galleries. Other original fittings include a wooden panelled dado, organ case, lectern, and altar rail. A wooden screen separates the entrance from the nave, incorporating pointed arched windows and doors with geometric stained glass.
Local climate
Trinity Church receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 9 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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