Church Of The Holy Trinity

The Church of the Holy Trinity is a parish church dating from 1876-7, designed by Ewan Christian. It is constructed of red brick in English bond with sandstone ashlar bands to the nave, and limestone ashlar dressings. The building has a Westmorland slate roof. The church consists of a four-bay nave, a short, southwest porch tower, and a two-bay apsidal chancel with a vestry adjoining to the north side.

The church features a chamfered plinth and a single buttress between the nave and chancel, with tumbled-in brick to the offsets. The two-stage tower has a tall first stage with a pointed, chamfered south doorway beneath a brick hoodmould with ashlar stops, above which is a single lancet window. A single lancet is also present to the west, and an apsidal stair turret to the east features slit-lights, a dentilled cornice, and a half-conical roof with an ashlar fleur-de-lys finial. A moulded string course runs around the building. The belfry openings are two-light plate-traceried with pierced roundels above twin lancets, all beneath a continuous pointed hoodmould. A stepped and cogged brick cornice supports a short pyramidal spire with a ball finial and weather-cock. The passage between the tower and nave has single lancets. The nave has single lancets to the south and north, and a large plate-traceried west window with a tall central lancet flanked by pairs of shorter lancets with pierced roundels above, all beneath a pointed arch and hoodmould. Single lancets are also present to the chancel. All windows sit within chamfered brick reveals with ashlar sills and imposts, beneath continuous brick hoodmoulds; some chancel windows have wrought-iron bars with fleur-de-lys finials. The vestry has a square-headed east door, an ornate chimney with corbelled shafts, a moulded string course and a corbelled head. The roof has deep eaves with exposed rafter ends, and the stone-coped west gable features shaped kneelers.

Inside, the porch has a pointed, triple-chamfered inner arch, and the passage has a pointed, chamfered door leading to the nave. The nave is open to the chancel, which is linked by a round arch of twin moulded timber ribs with a panelled soffit, resting on square brick piers with scalloped ashlar capitals. A pointed, roll-moulded arch with hoodmould leads to the vestry. The nave has a scissor-braced roof, while the chancel features a half-domed wagon roof with a brattished wall-plate and herringbone timber panels. The chancel floor is paved with Minton tiles. An oak altar rail stands on ornate cast-iron supports. Stained glass dating from 1889-90 is present. Several marble wall tablets, originally from an earlier church, have been re-set within the building, including memorials to Ann Grayburn (1846) depicting a draped urn, William Johnson (1846) showing books within a moulded pediment, Mary Lambert (1836) with a pediment and dove, and John Lambert (1850). This church is considered one of Ewan Christian's more accomplished works and is contemporary with the neighbouring vicarage. The church was declared redundant circa 1983.