Church Of Holy Trinity

The Church of the Holy Trinity was built around 1844, designed by Newton, with a single-story vestry added to the west around 1925. The church is constructed of coursed ashlar stone and comprises a nave and a chancel under a single gabled roof covered with concrete tiles.

The exterior features a castellated parapet with a string course beneath, a projecting plinth at a mid-height, and buttresses to all corners. Large, rectangular, tripartite windows with geometric tracery and drip mouldings are present on all elevations, with diamond leaded lights, except for the east end which contains contemporary stained glass. The vestry on the west elevation obscures the original entrance door. It has a central arched doorway with a coped pediment incorporating a simple stone crucifix finial. A central window to the nave has slender flanking niches and a clock positioned above. A bellcote surmounts the roof at the west apex. A smaller tripartite window and a pointed arched door are located on the south elevation at ground floor level, while the north elevation features a window in place of the door. The chancel window is the primary feature of the east elevation.

Photographic and documentary evidence indicates the interior roof structure consists of six queen post trusses with tie beams, wall posts, brackets, and two purlins to each pitch. The chancel is centered on an altar, flanked by a small south-facing lady chapel surrounded by a timber screen, and an organ to the north. The screen dividing the chancel and nave exhibits geometric detailing, and the nave retains its pews.

Middleton-by-Wirksworth is a hilltop village within the Peak District, characterized by the landscape's industrial heritage from mining and quarrying. The church is situated to the south of the village’s main area, occupying a prominent position, and is surrounded by a small graveyard. Ordnance Survey maps from the late 18th and early 19th centuries show the building remained unaltered until the addition of the single-story vestry around 1925.