Holy Trinity Church, Ulverston facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Holy Trinity Church
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OS grid reference	SD 285 781
Location	New Church Lane, Ulverston, Cumbria
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
History
Status	Parish church
Architecture
Functional status	Redundant
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	20 June 1972
Architect(s)	Anthony Salvin Paley and Austin
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1829
Completed	1832
Specifications
Materials	Limestone with sandstone dressings Slate roofs

Holy Trinity Church is an old church building in Ulverston, Cumbria, England. It used to be a church for the Anglican faith. Now, it is no longer used as a church. This building is special because it is a "Grade II listed building." This means it is an important historical building that needs to be protected. It also received money from a special group called the Church Building Commission to help build it.

History of the Church

Holy Trinity Church was built a long time ago, between 1829 and 1832. A famous architect named Anthony Salvin designed it.

Building the church cost about £4,978 back then. A group called the Church Building Commission gave a large grant of £3,423 to help pay for it. This shows it was an important project.

Later, in 1880, some changes were made inside the church. The architects Paley and Austin from Lancaster helped with these updates. They added a new part called the chancel at the east end of the church.

The church stopped being used for services on October 1, 1976. The next year, it was changed into a sports hall. Then, in 1996, it was changed again, this time into homes.

Church Design and Look

Outside the Church

The church is built from rough limestone rocks. It has smooth sandstone around the windows and doors. The roofs are made of slate.

The church has a main part called the nave with five sections. It also has side parts called aisles. At the east end, there is a lower part called the chancel. There is a tall tower with a pointed top, called a spire, on the northwest side.

The tower has strong supports called buttresses at its corners. It has pairs of narrow, pointed windows for the bells. Above these windows, there is a band of small, three-leaf shapes called trefoils. The tower also has decorative pointy tops called pinnacles at its corners.

The side parts of the church, the aisles, are separated by buttresses. The walls have many narrow, pointed windows called lancet windows. There are doorways on the south side and the north side.

At the west end of the church, there is a main doorway. Above it, there are three lancet windows placed side-by-side, with the middle one being the tallest. The east end of the chancel also has three similar lancet windows. The north and south walls of the chancel have windows with trefoil-shaped tops.

Inside the Church

Inside, the main part of the church has five arches on each side. These arches are held up by eight-sided pillars.

In the chancel, there is a double sedilia, which is a stone seat for priests. There is also a piscina, a basin used for washing sacred vessels. The decorative screen behind the altar, called the reredos, is made of beautiful marble and alabaster.

The north aisle has two windows with colorful stained glass. One of these was made by the famous artist William Morris. The other, from about 1905, was created by Charles Eamer Kempe.

When the church was checked for its historical listing in the mid-1990s, it was not being used. The inside had been divided into smaller areas, and false ceilings had been put in. The original organ, which had three keyboards, was built by Bellamy of Manchester. It was updated in 1853 and rebuilt in 1958.

See also

• List of Commissioners' churches in Northeast and Northwest England
• Listed buildings in Ulverston
• List of new churches by Anthony Salvin
• List of ecclesiastical works by Paley and Austin