Church Of The Holy Trinity

The Church of the Holy Trinity is a late 19th-century church constructed between 1872 and 1876, and consecrated in 1877. The church was built by J. L. Pearson for the children of Charles William, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam, and his wife Mary, as a memorial to their parents. It is built of thinly-coursed and snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings and a tile roof. The cruciform plan is oriented north-west to south-east, with a nave, crossing tower with a spire, and a chancel with a north vestry. The architecture is Gothic Revival, specifically in the late 13th-century style, featuring geometrical tracery.

The exterior displays a plinth, a moulded band and string course that runs around the building, rising with the ground to the south. Offset buttresses are positioned between the bays and at the angles, with hoodmoulds featuring delicate stops. Gable copings are topped with crosses. The north porch is accessed by steps within ashlar wing walls, and an iron gate. The porch has tripartite responds to moulded arches with dog-tooth ornament, and pierced side-wall openings. A rib-vaulted roof covers the porch. The aisle bays to the left have two two-light windows, and a small turret is located in the angle with the porch. The clerestory features pilaster buttresses, three-light windows, and a carved eaves band. The transepts are lower than the nave and each feature a six-light window and a small rose window to the gable. The tower has two two-light gallery windows that flank the transepts, along with a clock and an offset band beneath coupled, two-light, louvred belfry openings, a string course with corner gargoyles, and an embattled parapet. A recessed broach spire includes lucarnes and a weathervane. A cylindrical stair turret is found on the south-east corner, featuring an arcaded panel set below a conical cap. The chancel has a single-storey north vestry with two square-headed, three-light windows, a priest’s door, and three-light windows. The east window is of five lights, set beneath a rose window.

Inside, the nave features four-bay arcades with compound piers and moulded arches. Attached columns rise from the arcade capitals to the springing of the vault ribs. The clerestory windows are flanked by blind windows within arched recesses. The crossing has arches with dog-tooth ornament, and includes a gallery with two twin arches on each side, covered by an octopartite vault. Exposed stone rib-vaulting is throughout. The dedication of the church is carved in bold letters beneath a stained-glass window by C. E. Kempe at the west end. A decorative frieze runs beneath the clerestory. The chancel has marble steps and paving, while the east window, dating to 1888, is by Clayton and Bell. Fitzwilliam brasses are positioned beneath the south transept window.