Church Of Holy Trinity

The Church of Holy Trinity is an Anglican parish church, now redundant, built in 1849, possibly by Harvey Eginton for Henry G.G. Ludlow. It is constructed of coursed rubble stone with ashlar dressings, and has a Welsh slate roof with coped verges. A small ashlar bellcote with three openings is situated on the west gable. The church is executed in the Decorated style and comprises a four-bay aisled nave, a chancel, and a north vestry. The south side features a large gabled porch with a moulded pointed doorway and cusped lancet windows. Two two-light geometric windows flank the porch on the south aisle, with four trefoils to the clerestory. The chancel has two two-light geometric windows on the south side, a good six-light east window with reticulated tracery, and a single window on the north side, which adjoins a lean-to vestry with a pointed doorway. The north aisle has four geometric windows, a cusped trefoil to the east, and an ashlar stack. The clerestory also has four trefoils. The west end contains a four-light geometric window with diagonal buttresses; the set-back west ends of the aisle have two-light windows. The interior was inaccessible at the time of survey in July 1986, but it includes a pointed arcade and chancel arch. All fittings have been removed since the church’s closure. Stained glass, dating from 1876 and created by Ward and Hughes, is present in the east window. The church provides a good early example of the Ecclesiological Movement.