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Holy Trinity Church, Capenhurst

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Holy Trinity Church, Capenhurst
File:Holy Trinity Church, Capenhurst.jpg
Holy Trinity Church, Capenhurst, from the southeast
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OS grid referenceSJ 368,738
LocationCapenhurst, Cheshire
CountryEngland
DenominationAnglican
WebsiteHoly Trinity, Capenhurst
History
StatusParish church
DedicationTrinity
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II
Designated1 June 1967
Architect(s)James Harrison, John Douglas
Architectural typeChurch
StyleGothic Revival
Groundbreaking1856
Completed1890
Specifications
MaterialsSandstone, roof of purple tiles
Administration
ProvinceYork
DioceseChester
ArchdeaconryChester
DeaneryWirral South
ParishHoly Trinity, Capenhurst
Clergy
BishopMark Tanner
VicarCanon Revd Steven Mansfield
Laity
ReaderJoanna Pemberton
ChurchwardenNeil Shemmans

Holy Trinity Church, Capenhurst is in the village of Capenhurst, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[1] It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Wirral South. Its benefice is combined with that of St Oswald, Backford.[2]

History

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The church was built between 1856 and 1859 to a design by James Harrison. In 1889–90 the tower was built and details were added to the interior by John Douglas.[1]

Architecture

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Exterior

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The church is built in red sandstone blocks with ashlar dressings. The roof is of purple tiles. Its plan consists of a four-bay nave, a south porch, a two-bay chancel, a vestry, and a west tower with spire. The tower is in three stages with buttresses and it has an octagonal stair turret at the southwest corner. On the west of the tower is a three-light window a clock above it. Around the top of the tower is a timber-framed stage which carries a broach spire with small Lakeland slates and a louvred lucarne.[1]

Interior

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Internally the reredos is of stone with panels on each side carved in the manner of medieval tiles with the Ten Commandments inscribed in Arts and Crafts style script.[1] The stained glass in the church is all by Herbert Bryans, a pupil of Kempe, and is dated from 1876 to a date after 1900.[3] There is a ring of six bells which were cast by John Taylor and Company in 1919.[4]

External features

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The churchyard contains the war graves of two soldiers of World War I, and an airman of World War II.[5]

See also

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