Holy Trinity Church, Bolton

Not to be confused with Holy Trinity Church, Bolton-le-Sands
Holy Trinity Church, Bolton

Holy Trinity Church, Bolton, from the west
Holy Trinity Church, Bolton
Location in Greater Manchester
OS grid reference SD 718 087
Location Trinity Street, Bolton, Greater Manchester
Country England
Denomination Anglican
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Redundant
Heritage designation Grade II
Designated 26 April 1974
Architect(s) Philip Hardwick
Architectural type Church
Style Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking 1823
Completed 1825
Construction cost £13,924
Closed 1993
Specifications
Materials Stone, slate roofs

Holy Trinity Church, Bolton, is a redundant Anglican parish church located in Trinity Street, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.[1] It was a Commissioners' church, having received a grant towards its construction from the Church Building Commission.[2]

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History

Holy Trinity was built between 1823 and 1825, and was designed by Philip Hardwick.[1] A grant of £13,924 (£960,000 as of 2012)[3] was given towards its construction by the Church Building Commission.[2] The church was declared redundant on 1 July 1993.[4]

Architecture

Exterior

The church is faced with ashlar stone and has slate roofs. Its architectural style is Perpendicular. The plan consists of a seven-bay nave, a shallow chancel with a vestry to its east, and a west tower. The tower is in four stages with angle buttresses. It has a west doorway, above which is a pair of tiered windows. The third stage contains clock faces, and in the top stage are three-light bell openings. On the summit are crocketed pinnacles at the corners and at the mid-point on each side. The nave bays are separated by buttresses. These rise to crocketed pinnacles, which are joined by an embattled parapet. In each bay is a three-light tiered window. The chancel has a lancet window on the north and south sides, and a nine-light east window.

Interior

Inside the church are galleries on three sides, the lateral galleries being carried on five-bay arcades. Both the nave and the chancel have vaulted ceilings. On each side of the chancel arch are paintings, one of which depicts the Nativity and the other the Ascension. Most of the fittings and furniture have been removed.[1] The three-manual organ was made by John Nicholson in 1860 for Manchester Cathedral.[5] It was moved to Holy Trinity in 1874 by Jardine and Company, and rebuilt by the same company in 1905. It was overhauled in 1957 and 1960 by Rushworth and Dreaper.[6]

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References

  1. ^ a b c Former Church of the Holy Trinity, Bolton (1388288). National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  2. ^ a b Port, M. H. (2006), 600 New Churches: The Church Building Commission 1818-1856 (2nd ed.), Reading: Spire Books, p. 326, ISBN 978-1-904965-08-4 
  3. ^ UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Lawrence H. Officer (2010) "What Were the UK Earnings and Prices Then?" MeasuringWorth.
  4. ^ (PDF) Diocese of Manchester: All Schemes, Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2010, p. 2, http://www.churchofengland.org/media/810742/manchester%20-%20all%20schemes.pdf, retrieved 14 December 2011 
  5. ^ Lancashire (Manchester, Greater), Manchester, Cathedral of Ss. Mary, Denys & George, Cathedral Street (C00951), British Institute of Organ Studies, http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=C00951, retrieved 14 December 2011 
  6. ^ Lancashire (Manchester, Greater), Bolton, Holy Trinity (N10659), British Institute of Organ Studies, http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N10659, retrieved 14 December 2011 

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