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Holy Trinity, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Ashby de la Zouch Holy Trinity Church.JPG
52°44′45″N 1°28′32″W / 52.745743°N 1.475648°W / 52.745743; -1.475648
Country United Kingdom
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship Evangelical
Website trinityashby.net
History
Dedication Holy Trinity
Architecture
Heritage designation Grade II listed building
Architect(s) Henry Isaac Stevens
Architectural type Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking 1838
Completed 1840
Administration
Parish Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Archdeaconry Loughborough
Diocese Diocese of Leicester
Province Canterbury

Holy Trinity, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, is a parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Leicester in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire.

Description

The church was built between 1838 and 1840 to designs by the Derby architect, Henry Isaac Stevens. The chancel was added in 1866 by James Piers St Aubyn.

The church was consecrated by George Davys, Bishop of Peterborough on 13 August 1840. It was reported that:

The Marquess of Hastings gave land for the site. The cost of the building, upwards of 3000l., together with a handsome sum towards an endowment fund, was raised by subscription, chiefly among the inhabitants aided by a grant from the Church Building Society. The church contains upwards of 900 sittings, 600 of which are free and unappropriated.

Ministry

It is part of the Ashby and Breedon Team Ministry which comprises the following churches:

  • St Mary the Virgin, Coleorton
  • St John's Chapel, Coleorton
  • St Matthew's Church, Worthington
  • St Helen's Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
  • The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Hardulph, Breedon on the Hill
  • All Saints' Church, Isley Walton

Organ

The church contains a 2 manual pipe organ by Brindley & Foster. It appears to date from around 1867 shortly after the chancel was built. A specification of the organ can be found on the British Institute of Organ Studies National Pipe Organ Register at N04546.

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