Church Of The Holy Trinity

The Church of the Holy Trinity, built between 1840 and 1841 with a chancel and transept added in 1873, is located in Stacksteads, Bacup. It is constructed from coursed dressed sandstone and features a low-pitched slate roof. The church has a nave, a west tower topped with a small spire, a chancel, and a south transept. The design is primarily in the Norman style, with the 1873 additions reflecting the Decorated style.

The three-stage tower includes pilasters and gablets on the second stage, which supports an octagonal belfry crowned with a small spire. It features a moulded round-headed west doorway, a blind arcade above, and a round-headed west window with two round-headed lights. There are clock faces on the west and south gablets, and tall round-headed louvres on the cardinal sides of the belfry. The wide five-bay nave is accentuated by pilaster strips and tall chamfered lancets.

The gabled transept south of the chancel is supported by angle buttresses that finish as short pinnacles, and it has two-centred arched windows with tracery and hoodmoulds, along with a doorway in the angle of the re-entrant. The chancel features a large five-light traceried east window with a transom.

Inside, the church has a simple vessel with a panelled ceiling and a west gallery that includes interlaced arcade front panelling. The large rounded chancel arch is supported by shafts and has a hoodmould. The sides of the chancel are adorned with two-bay arcades featuring columns and semi-octagonal responds, which have foliated capitals and two shaft rings each. The roof is supported by an arch-braced hammerbeam truss. A cylindrical pulpit made of white stone, with polished shafts and sculptured panels depicting Faith, Hope, and Charity, is dedicated to the memory of Margaret Munn, who passed away in 1873.