| Holy Trinity Church, Bury | |
Holy Trinity Church, Bury, from the southeast
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Holy Trinity Church, Bury
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| OS grid reference | SD 810 103 |
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| Location | Bury, Greater Manchester |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | Holy Trinity, Bury |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II |
| Designated | 23 October 2004 |
| Architect(s) | E. G. Paley |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Completed | 1863 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Coursed rock-faced sandstone with ashlar dressings Welsh slate roofs |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Bury South East |
| Diocese | Manchester |
| Province | York |
| Clergy | |
| Assistant priest | Revd. Kieth Trivasse |
| Laity | |
| Reader | Alan Thew, Pauline Dickinson |
| Organist(s) | Paul Greenwood |
| Churchwarden(s) | Margaret Nolan, Trevor Brockbank |
Holy Trinity Church, Bury, is in Spring Street, Bury, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Manchester.[1] The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.[2]
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The church was built in 1863 at a cost of £4,000 (£290,000 as of 2012).[3] It was designed by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley. The original plan included a south aisle and a north tower with a spire, but these were never built. The church was extended in about 1920.[2] In November 2010 the parish was merged with those of St Peter, Bury, and St Thomas, Bury, forming the new parish of Bury South East.[4] As of 2011, it is planned to sell it for use as a children's nursery and an early learning centre.[5]
Holy Trinity Church is constructed in coursed rock-faced sandstone with ashlar dressings. It has Welsh slate roofs. The architectural style is Early English. Its plan consists of a nave, a north aisle with a porch, a chancel with a Lady chapel and a vestry to the north.[2] As the arcade runs down the centre of the church,[2] it is described in the Buildings of England series as a "double-naved church", with "the chancel attached to the south nave".[6] The windows at the east and west ends contain "heavy plate tracery".[6] The arcade has five bays and is carried on round piers.[6] Between the aisle and the Lady chapel is a three-bay arcade.[2] In the Lady chapel is a brightly painted reredos, added in 1987 as a First World War memorial.[6]