Holy Trinity Church

Holy Trinity Church is a Grade I listed building located on Main Street in the parish of Kirk Ireton. It dates back to the 12th century, with various additions and alterations made in subsequent centuries, particularly in the 19th century. The church is constructed from coursed rubble gritstone and gritstone ashlar and features a west tower, nave, aisles, clerestory, south porch, chancel with one-bay chapels, and a vestry.

The west tower consists of two stages. The lower stage is an unbuttressed late Norman design, with a single lancet window to the south that likely dates from the 17th or 18th century. The upper stage, built in the late 14th century, has 2-light bell-openings and battlements. The north aisle and clerestory windows, along with the window at the west end of the south aisle, are 17th-century features, each consisting of 2-lights under a square head, with segment heads for each light. There is also a 14th-century 3-light window in the south aisle and a chancel from the same period, which is embattled on the south side and has windows with reticulated tracery.

The south doorway is a plain Norman design with one order and roll moulding, while a later Early English doorway is set within the Norman arch and features a six-panelled 18th-century door that is raised and fielded. Inside, the nave has two bay Norman arcades supported by circular piers and two stepped arches. The north arcade is single chamfered with plain moulded capitals and square abaci, while the south arcade has elementary leaf capitals. The chancel arch is in the Perpendicular style with moulded capitals, and the one-bay chapels have four-centred arches; the north chapel serves as the organ chamber.

There is a 14th-century doorway on the north side leading to the vestry, which has nook shafts and a narrow pointed arch adorned with fleurons and a dripmould. The church underwent restoration in 1873, during which the tiled floors of the chancel and sanctuary were installed. The stained glass in the 3-light east window dates from around 1886.