Church Of The Holy Trinity

SYKEHOUSE BROAD LANE SE 61 NW (north side) 2/85 Church of the 24.11.66 Holy Trinity GV II Church. Tower of 1721 otherwise 1869 by C. H. Fowler. Red brick with ashlar dressings, slate roof. West tower, 4-bay nave with south porch and north aisle, narrower chancel with north vestry; C19 work in Gothic Revival style. Tower: simple square projection from nave with chamfered plinth band beneath C19 west window of 2 lancets with quatrefoil beneath pointed brick arch; slit window and offset band beneath wooden, louvred belfry openings of 2 trefoil- headed lights; pyramidal roof with cross. Plaque on south side with name 'John Gibson' and date '1721'. Nave: chamfered plinth; gabled porch to bay 2 with apex cross; east buttress; windows as tower; shaped kneelers and ashlar gable copings. North aisle has mullioned window of 3 round-headed lights and pointed lancet windows. Chancel: lower and set back with blue brick band on south side beneath 3 lancets, that to east set higher and cusped, Clasping buttresses flank 3-light east window; gable copings with cross. Gabled north vestry with 2-light mullioned window beneath shouldered lintel. Interior: arcade has cylindrical piers with square bases and capitals to 2-order brick arches, similar tower and chancel arches. Blue-brick, ashlar and cogged brick bands. 2-seat sedilia and piscina with arches over. Small octagonal font of C15 date presumably from elsewhere.

Listing NGR: SE6291516904