Church of the Holy Trinity is a Grade II listed building in the Rochdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 May 2003. Church.
Church of the Holy Trinity
- WRENN ID
- standing-wattle-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rochdale
- Constituency
- Blackley and Middleton South MP: Graham Stringer (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 May 2003
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of the Holy Trinity, Archer Park
- OS grid reference
- SD 864 059
- Coordinates
- 53.55001, -2.20546
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of the Holy Trinity is a church built between 1861 and 1862 by George Shaw of Uppermill. It is constructed of coursed square stone with ashlar dressings and features slate roofs with stone-coped gables, showcasing a Decorated style. The church includes a chancel with an apse, a south vestry, a transept, a nave, and a south porch. The polygonal apse has an east trefoil and lancets on either side, while the nave's north side features 2-light windows. The south vestry contains a 2-light window and a door, and the double-gabled south transept has 3-light windows. The aisle also has 2-light windows and a door leading to the south porch. The west end is marked by a 4-light window and a bellcote on the gable.
Inside, the chancel boasts a finely carved stone reredos with a relief of the Last Supper set within an openwork canopy. There are choir stalls with panelling behind, a low stone and marble chancel screen, and a roof supported by curved braces rising from stone corbels. The apse windows feature stained glass, as do some of the nave windows, including the west window. The nave has a carved pulpit on a stone base and an octagonal font, with a roof of arched braces also rising from stone corbels. The south transept contains stained glass and features a significant First World War memorial made up of large brass plaques on the sides of the arcade piers. These plaques list the names of parishioners who fought in the war, with those who did not return inscribed in red, uniquely organized by the street from which they came. This small, well-detailed church is notable for its interesting fittings, stained glass, and a War Memorial of special significance.
Local climate
Church of the Holy Trinity sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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