Church Of Holy Trinity

The Church of Holy Trinity, built between 1851 and 1852 by H. Ward and Son of Hanley, is located in Newcastle under Lyme. It is constructed from coursed and squared red sandstone rubble and features a plain tiled roof with scalloped bands and ridge cresting. The church comprises a north-west tower, a nave, two aisles, and a chancel. The three-stage tower is topped with a brooch spire that has two lucarnes. Notable architectural features include paired bell-chamber lights, a corbel table, and a south doorway with heavy plain hood mould. The south aisle has foiled lancets, while the north aisle features grouped foiled lancets. The west wall has lancet windows divided by a central buttress, topped with a trefoil. The chancel includes a three-light Early English style window with a continuous hood mould and a trefoiled light above, along with clasping angle buttresses adorned with gablets and ball-flower decoration.

Inside, the nave arcade consists of five bays on the north side with cylindrical shafts and double-chamfered arches. The south arcade has two bays with octagonal piers and cylindrical shafts, interrupted by an archway to the tower, supported on corbels. The north aisle windows are recessed in paired trefoiled arches with a central shaft, while the south aisle windows are lancets set in deep splayed embrasures. The nave roof features long raking trusses supported by corbels, with collar and wind-braces. The chancel arch has responds that seem to cut into the deep moulded archway, and the chancel roof is constructed with braced rafters and collars. The interior includes an oak altar, rails, and reredos, with sedilia to the south. A delicate wrought-iron chancel screen incorporates floral and foliage designs. The stained glass features an east window by Wailes depicting brightly coloured figures of Saint John and Christ, with a dove in a trefoil above, along with other unattributed windows in the north aisle (dated 1895) and the east window of the south aisle. Additionally, a fragment of a tomb slab or cross from around 800, depicting a figure carrying a spear and interlace decoration, was found on a nearby farm. The church also contains a medieval octagonal font with deep ogee moulding on each face.