Holy Trinity Church, Hoghton facts for kids

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Holy Trinity Church, Hoghton, from the southwest
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OS grid reference	SD 615 259
Location	Hoghton, Lancashire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	Holy Trinity, Hoghton
History
Status	Parish church
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	30 January 1987
Architect(s)	Robert Roper James Birtwhistle
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1822
Completed	c, 1887
Specifications
Materials	Stone
Administration
Parish	Hoghton
Deanery	Leyland
Archdeaconry	Blackburn
Diocese	Blackburn
Province	York

Holy Trinity Church is a special church located in the village of Hoghton, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church, which means it's part of the Church of England and serves the local community. This church is recognized as a Grade II listed building, meaning it's an important historic site. It also received money from a group called the Church Building Commission to help with its construction.

A Look Back: The Church's History

Holy Trinity Church was first built between 1822 and 1823. The original design was created by an architect named Robert Roper. A grant of £2,037 was given by the Church Building Commission to help pay for its construction.

Around 1887, the church was almost completely rebuilt. This big renovation was done by James Bertwistle from Blackburn. He added the tall tower, the chancel (the area around the altar), and the south aisle (a side section of the church).

Church Design: What It Looks Like

Outside the Church

The church is built from strong, smooth stone blocks called ashlar. Its style is mostly Early English, which is a type of Gothic Revival design. The church has a main area called the nave with five sections, a south aisle with six sections, and a chancel with two sections. There's also a tall tower on the west side.

The tower has three levels. It has strong corner supports called buttresses and a small stair turret on the southeast side. You can see an arched doorway on the north side. The west window has three parts with fancy stone patterns called tracery. Higher up, on the north and south sides, there are two-part windows with a round clock face above them. The openings for the bells have two parts and are covered with louvred slats. At the very top of the tower is a battlement wall, which looks like a castle wall.

Along the sides of the nave and the south aisle, you'll see tall, narrow windows called lancet windows. The aisle also has a special door for the priest. The east and west ends of the aisle have groups of two or three lancet windows. The chancel has two-part windows on its sides and a large five-part window at the east end. All the pointed roof sections, called gables, have a circular window with four leaf-like shapes, known as a quatrefoil, near the top. Each gable is also topped with a stone cross.

Inside the Church

Inside, the arcade (a row of arches) between the nave and the aisle has four sections. These arches are supported by columns shaped like four-leaf clovers. The reredos (a screen behind the altar) is a special memorial for those who served in the First World War.

The font, used for baptisms, is shaped like an octagon and was likely made in the 1880s. The large east window has beautiful stained glass from around 1929. It shows scenes from the Te Deum, a traditional Christian hymn. The baptistery (the area where baptisms take place) has stained glass made by Shrigley and Hunt in the mid-20th century.

You can also find monuments inside the church. One is for Thomas Swinburn, an early engineer for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, who passed away in 1881. Other memorials honor members of the de Hoghton family, who were important in the history of Hoghton Tower.

The church has a two-manual organ, which means it has two keyboards. It was built in 1868 and rebuilt in 1886. It was then restored again in 2004–05. There is also a ring of eight bells. All these bells were made in 1886 by Mears and Stainbank at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry.

Outside the Church: Special Features

The churchyard, which is the area around the church, contains war graves. These are the burial places for soldiers who died serving their country. Here, you'll find the graves of two British soldiers and one Australian soldier from World War I. There is also a grave for a British airman from World War II.

See also

• List of Commissioners' churches in Northeast and Northwest England
• Listed buildings in Hoghton
• List of works by Robert Roper