Church Of The Holy Trinity

ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3166SE BEAUCHAMP AVENUE 1208-1/2/38 (North side) 25/03/70 Church of the Holy Trinity (Formerly Listed as: BEAUCHAMP SQUARE Church of the Holy Trinity)

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Church. 1847 (begun 1825) by Mitchell of Leamington Spa for Revd Craig of Leamington Parish Church of All Saints (qv) (cost »13,000); with substantial additions and alterations of 1865; enlargement of transepts and addition of vestry in 1881 by John Cundall; porch and east chancel wall of 1900; further alterations of 1913-14; south transept stained glass c1891 by Collier. Sandstone ashlar with Welsh slate roof and cast-iron gates. STYLE: Gothic Revival, Decorated. PLAN: 4-bay aisled nave with short west bay to nave and south aisle incorporating porch, 2-bay transepts with organ loft to south and vestry to north, single-bay chancel. EXTERIOR: chamfered plinth. Chamfered continuous sill band. Off-set buttresses between windows with pinnacles. Battlements. Entrance to south porch a pointed door in double-chamfered ovolo-moulded surround and hollow-moulded hood with quatrefoils to spandrels; embattled blind arcade above. To east end of porch a stair turret. 7-light west window with curvilinear tracery to head. Similar mainly 4-light windows to aisles, the westernmost to south aisle has 2 lights. North and south transepts have 5-light windows, below that to south a 9-light arcade window; further 2-light window to north. To chancel a 7-light east window with rose to head. INTERIOR: irregular nave arcade has to south 3 bays and 2 narrower west bays, to north are 4 bays with further double-chamfered arch to west; otherwise arcade has column clusters with foliate capitals and double-chamfered arches. Single tall arches to crossing, crossing has rib-vault. Transept arcades on pairs of polished grey granite pillars with foliate caps and traceried decoration to spandrels. Cylindrical stone pulpit with grey and pink granite colonnettes. Carved marble font. Cast-iron gates to south-east have Art Nouveau decoration. HISTORICAL NOTE: this was a propriety church until 1899 when created a parish church. The square, formerly known as Beauchamp Square (and originally Newbold Square), was laid out

c1828-31 to plans by PF Robinson, architect, of Mayfair. (Dept of the Environment List of Buildings: Royal Leamington Spa: 1970-; Manning JC (Facsimile by Warwickshire County Library, 1988): Glimpses of our Local Past .. Royal Leamington Spa: Royal Leamington Spa: 1895-: 140).

Listing NGR: SP3170966426