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Holy Trinity Church, Halstead 
Holy Trinity Church, Halstead, from the southLocation in Essex
Holy Trinity Church, HalsteadCoordinates: 51°56′37″N 0°37′47″E / 51.9435°N 0.6296°E OS grid reference TL 808 305 Location Halstead, Essex Country England Denomination Anglican Website Churches Conservation Trust Architecture Functional status Redundant Heritage designation Grade II* Designated 16 March 1978 Architect(s) George Gilbert Scott Architectural type Church Style Gothic Revival Groundbreaking 1843 Completed 1876 Specifications Materials Brick with flint facing
Gault brick and limestone dressings
Roofs slated with ridge tilesHoly Trinity Church, Halstead, is a redundant Anglican church in the town of Halstead, Essex, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building,[1] and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] The church stands to the north of the junction between Trinity Street (the A131 road) and Chapel Hill.[2][3]
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History
The church was built in 1843–44, and most of it was paid for by Mrs Mary Gee of Colne House, Earls Colne.[4] A chapel, Holy Trinity Chapel, was built on the site in about 1413, but this had disappeared by the 18th century.[5] The church was designed by George Gilbert Scott. As the building of the spire was nearing completion, it collapsed, fortunately causing only minor injuries to the builders.[4] An organ chamber was added in 1876.[1] The church was declared redundant in April 1987.[4]
Architecture
Exterior
Holy Trinity is constructed in brick with flint facing. It has gault brick and limestone dressings. The roofs are slated with tiles on the ridges. Its plan consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a chancel, a northeast vestry, an organ chamber, and a southwest tower with a spire. The tower incorporates a porch. It is a Gothic Revival church in 13th-century Early English style. The tower is tall with four stages. On its south side is a doorway. The second and third stages contain single-lancet windows flanked by arcading. In the third stage is a quatrefoil opening on each side. The bell openings consist of a pair of narrow lancets, with blind arches on each side. On the tower is a broach spire with two tiers of lucarnes. In the gable at the east end of the church is a wheel window, with spokes radiating from a hub. Below this are three lancet windows of equal height. At all corners of the church are clasping buttresses. The sides of the aisles are divided into bays by buttresses, and each bay contains a lancet window. Along the clerestory is arcading with alternate blind arches and lancet windows. At the west end is a doorway, above which is a triple lancet window, with a single lancet above that.[1]
Interior
The walls are plastered and whitewashed. Between the nave and the aisles on each side is a six-bay arcade supported by alternating circular and octagonal piers. The seating in the nave and aisles, and probably the font, with its square bowl on an octagonal base, date from the time of the building of the church. The lectern dates from 1906, and the choir stalls were added in 1913. The panelling in the chancel, and the pulpit date from the early 20th century. At the east end of the south aisle is a memorial screen added in 1922. The stained glass in the west window dates from 1851 and is by Clutterbuck, the east window of 1887 is by Burlison and Grylls, the east window in the south aisle dated 1922 is by J. C. N. Bewsey, and three windows in the south aisle of 1931–32 are by A. K. Nicholson.[1] The three-manual organ was made in 1858. In 1878 E. W. Norman of Norwich and Diss either rebuilt it or supplied a new organ. This was subsequently restored in 1909 by Binns of Leeds, again in about 1970 by Cedric Arnold of Thaxted, and at a later date by Bishop and Son.[6]
See also
- List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the East of England
References
- ^ a b c d "Holy Trinity Church, Halstead", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1122421, retrieved 15 May 2011
- ^ a b Holy Trinity Church, Halstead, Essex, Churches Conservation Trust, http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/Holy-Trinity-Church-Halstead-Essex/, retrieved 25 March 2011
- ^ Halstead, Streetmap, http://streetmap.co.uk/grid/580718_230537_120, retrieved 12 March 2011
- ^ a b c Holy Trinity Church, Halstead Online, http://www.halsteadonline.co.uk/9.htm, retrieved 12 March 2011
- ^ Corder-Birch, Adrian, A brief history of the Essex town of Halstead, Halstead & District Local History Society, http://www.halsteadhistory.org.uk/History.html, retrieved 12 March 2011
- ^ Essex, Halstead, Holy Trinity (N05449), British Institute of Organ Studies, http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N05449, retrieved 12 March 2011
Categories:- Grade II* listed buildings in Essex
- Grade II* listed churches
- Church of England churches in Essex
- Gothic Revival architecture in England
- Religious buildings completed in 1876
- 19th-century Church of England church buildings
- Churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust
- George Gilbert Scott buildings
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