Holy Trinity Church, Capenhurst

Holy Trinity Church, Capenhurst
Holy Trinity Church, Capenhurst, from the southeast
Holy Trinity Church, Capenhurst Location in Cheshire
Coordinates: 53°15′26″N 2°56′56″W / 53.2573°N 2.9489°W / 53.2573; -2.9489
OS grid reference	SJ 368 738
Location	Capenhurst, Cheshire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	Holy Trinity, Capenhurst
History
Dedication	Trinity
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	1 June 1967
Architect(s)	James Harrison, John Douglas
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1856
Completed	1890
Specifications
Materials	Sandstone, roof of purple tiles
Administration
Parish	Holy Trinity, Capenhurst
Deanery	Wirral South
Archdeaconry	Chester
Diocese	Chester
Province	York

Holy Trinity Church, Capenhurst is in the village of Capenhurst, Cheshire, England. The church is a Grade II listed building.^[1] It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Wirral South. Its benefice is combined with that of St Oswald, Backford.^[2]

History

The church was built between 1856 and 1859 to a design by James Harrison. In 1889–90 the tower was built and details were added to the interior by John Douglas.^[1]

Architecture

Exterior

The church is built in red sandstone blocks with ashlar dressings. The roof is of purple tiles. Its plan consists of a four-bay nave, a south porch, a two-bay chancel, a vestry, and a west tower with spire. The tower is in three stages with buttresses and it has an octagonal stair turret at the southwest corner. On the west of the tower is a three-light window a clock above it. Around the top of the tower is a timber-framed stage which carries a broach spire with small Lakeland slates and a louvred lucarne.^[1]

Interior

Internally the reredos is of stone with panels on each side carved in the manner of medieval tiles with the Ten Commandments inscribed in Arts and Crafts style script.^[1] The stained glass in the church is all by Herbert Bryans, a pupil of Kempe, and is dated from 1876 to a date after 1900.^[3] The ring is of six bells which were cast by John Taylor and Company in 1919.^[4]

See also

• List of church restorations, amendments and furniture by John Douglas

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Church of the Holy Trinity, Capenhurst", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1130574, retrieved 3 May 2011 
2. ^ Holy Trinity, Capenhurst, Church of England, http://www.achurchnearyou.com/capenhurst-holy-trinity/, retrieved 2 October 2009 
3. ^ Hartwell, Claire; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 201, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6 
4. ^ Capenhurst Holy Trinity, Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers, http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?searchString=capenhurst&Submit=++Go++&DoveID=CAPENHURST, retrieved 13 August 2008