Church Of The Holy Trinity

The Church of the Holy Trinity is a church built in 1856-9 by James Harrison, with a tower and significant interior alterations undertaken between 1889-90 by John Douglas. The church is constructed of red sandstone blocks with ashlar dressings and has a purple tile roof. It comprises a four-bay nave, a south porch, a two-bay chancel, a vestry, and a three-stage west tower with a spire. The gabled porch is coped and features a moulded two-centred arched doorcase with a label mould and kneelers. The nave bays are divided by substantial buttresses and incorporate two-light windows with Decorated tracery and label moulds. The chancel, with diagonal buttresses and a sill band, features one and three-light windows with trefoil heads, complemented by a four-light Decorated east window. The squat tower is buttressed and includes an octagonal stair turret at the southwest corner. The west window contains an Edward VII Coronation clock. Above the west window is a timber-framed stage with six by two small frames, incorporating weatherboarding below and damaged pierced Gothic panels above, which supports a broached spire covered in small Lakeland slates and a louvred lucarne. The interior has an arch-braced collar roof to the nave, sprung from stone carved-head corbels. The windows have splayed reveals. A broad low tower arch reveals a font located behind. A two-centred chancel arch sits on octagonal responds, and the chancel features a scissor-braced wagon roof. A stone panel to the sides of the reredos, carved in the style of medieval tiles, displays the Ten Commandments inscribed in an Arts and Crafts style script.