Description

SJ 59 NW ST. HELENS TRAVERSE STREET (north side)

4/93 Church of - Holy Trinity

- II

Church. 1857. W. and J. Hay; apse of 1883-4 by J. Gandy. Rubble walling of industrial waste with sandstone dressings, slate roof. Nave with south porch, transepts and apse. Nave of 3 bays has windows of 2 lights between weathered buttresses. West end has angle buttresses, 3-light window with simple, intersecting tracery, probably altered and bell cote. Gabled south porch has arch with no capitals. North transept has 4-light segmental pointed window, that to south has 3-light window as west end. Canted apse has 3 windows of 2 lights and north organ loft. Interior has deep west gallery; roofs with arch-braced collar trusses with flying arches at crossing. The church is one of 2 buildings in St. Helens to be built entirely of industrial waste, probably from local chemical works (q.v. Welsh Chapel, Sutton Road).

Listing NGR: SJ5222095412

External Links

• Wikidata Q26495198

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)