Church Of The Holy Trinity

The Church of the Holy Trinity is a church built in 1863 by George Shaw of Uppermill. It features rock-faced ashlar with ashlar dressings and roofs made of alternating bands of plain and fishscale tiles. The church has stone-coped gables with finials and is designed in the Decorated style, complete with buttresses and diagonal buttresses. It consists of a chancel, nave, and transepts, along with a south tower that has a broach spire located at the angle between the nave and south transept. The east end showcases a 5-light window, while the chancel sides feature single- and 2-light windows. The sides of the transepts and nave contain 2-light windows, with 4-light windows at the ends. There are doors on both sides of the nave.

The impressive 4-stage tower is characterized by massive diagonal buttresses and a unique external stair leading to the first stage. This stair, which passes through one of the buttresses, has a stone balustrade with flowing tracery and mouchettes. The lower two stages of the tower have 2-light windows, with clock faces on the stage above and three louvred lancet bell-openings on each side of the top stage, from which the broach spire rises.

Inside, the church boasts rich fittings, including brilliantly coloured stained glass in Renaissance style at the end walls of the chancel, north transept, and west end. Many other windows feature fine patterned decoration in coloured and painted glass. The chancel includes an elaborately carved communion rail, choir stalls, and a Minton tile floor. A structural pulpit with richly carved wooden sides is supported on a stone corbel and is accessed through a door in the wall behind. There is also a carved stone font. Contemporary pews are found in the transepts and the eastern part of the nave, which has been partitioned halfway, although the west end remains visible through the glazing of the upper part of the screen. This church is noted for its finely detailed design, impressive tower, and richly adorned interior.