Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Trinity Place, Elgin is a Grade B listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 August 1981. Church. 4 related planning applications.

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Trinity Place, Elgin

WRENN ID
half-pedestal-burdock
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Moray
Constituency
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 August 1981
Type
Church
Address
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Trinity Place, Elgin, IV30 1UL
OS grid reference
NJ 214 630
Coordinates
57.65019, -3.31776
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, built between 1825 and 1826 by William Robertson, is a Gothic-style cruciform church that features a later apse added to the east and a re-cast by Mackenzie and Matthews in 1852. In 1875, the porch, vestry to the southwest, and the nave were lengthened. The church is constructed of coursed rubble with polished ashlar dressings. The entire gable of the south transept, which faces North Street, is clad in polished ashlar and includes a slightly projecting porch, flanked by octagonal piers topped with conical pinnacles and stiff leaf finials. The semi-octagonal apse has plate tracery windows, some of which contain stained glass. The roof is made of slate. The low crenellated porch and vestry add to the church's character. Inside, the church has a simple layout with a flat ogee arch leading to the apse, plain seating featuring poppy-head finials, and oak choir stalls and pulpit.

Local climate

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Trinity Place, Elgin sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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