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Holy Trinity Church, Wray 
Holy Trinity Church, Wray, from the westLocation in Lancashire
Holy Trinity Church, WrayCoordinates: 54°06′09″N 2°36′27″W / 54.1025°N 2.6074°W Location Wray, Lancashire Country England Denomination Anglican Website Holy Trinity, Wray History Consecrated 1 July 1841 Architecture Status Parish church Functional status Active Architect(s) Edmund Sharpe
Paley and AustinArchitectural type Church Style Gothic Revival Groundbreaking 1839 Completed 1840 Administration Parish Wray Deanery Tunstall Archdeaconry Lancaster Diocese Blackburn Province York Clergy Rector Revd Mark Harrison Cannon Laity Reader Mary Winter, Peter Osborne,
Ann DawsonChurchwarden(s) Mark Rowland, Francis Gretton Holy Trinity Church, Wray, is in the village of Wray, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Tunstall, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn. Its benefice is united with those of St Peter, Leck, St Wilfrid, Melling, St John, Tunstall, St James the Less, Tatham, and the Good Shepherd, Tatham Fells, Lowgill.[1][2]
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History
The church was built in 1839–40 and designed by the Lancaster architect Edmund Sharpe. The foundation stone was laid on 28 May 1839, and the church was completed the following year, although it was not consecrated until 1 July 1841, when the Bishop of Chester performed the ceremony. In 1879 the church was enlarged by Sharpe's successors, Paley and Austin, who added a larger chancel and transepts.[3] In 1889 Austin, Paley and Austin added a new nave roof, and altered the west elevation.[4]
Architecture
Holy Trinity has a three-bay nave, each of which contains triple a lancet window. At the west end are four lancets, one on each side and two over the entrance. The chancel, added by Paley and Austin, has two bays and a three-light east window containing Decorated tracery. At the west end of the church is a double bellcote. Inside the church is a west gallery, containing the organ.[3] The two-manual organ was made in 1879 by Gray and Davison and overhauled in 1980 by R. D. and E. H. Holmes.[5]
See also
- List of architectural works by Edmund Sharpe
- List of ecclesiastical works by Paley and Austin
- List of works by Paley, Austin and Paley
References
- ^ Holy Trinity, Wray, Church of England, http://www.achurchnearyou.com/wray-holy-trinity/, retrieved 27 July 2011
- ^ Holy Trinity, Wray, Diocese of Blackburn, http://www.blackburn.anglican.org/parish.asp?theid=105153, retrieved 27 July 2011
- ^ a b Hughes, John M. (2010), Edmund Sharpe: Man of Lancaster, John M. Hughes, p. 136
- ^ Price, James (1998), Sharpe, Paley and Austin: A Lancaster Architectural Practice 1836–1942, Lancaster: Centre for North-West Regional Studies, p. 92, ISBN 1-86220-054-8
- ^ Lancashire, Wray (near Hornby), Holy Trinity, Main Street (R00831), British Institute of Organ Studies, http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=R00831, retrieved 27 July 2011
Further reading
- Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 710, ISBN 0-300-12667-0
Categories:- Church of England churches in Lancashire
- English Gothic architecture
- Gothic Revival architecture in England
- Diocese of Blackburn
- Buildings and structures in Lancaster
- Edmund Sharpe buildings
- Paley and Austin buildings
- Paley, Austin and Paley buildings
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