Holy Trinity Church, Leamington Spa

Holy Trinity is an active Anglican church in the town of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. It is in the Archdeaconry of Warwick, the Deanery of Warwick and Leamington, the Diocese of Coventry, and is a member of the BeneficeOriginally used in feudal societies to describe a grant of land as a reward for services rendered. In modern usage it refers to a collection of parishes working together under a single incumbent. of Leamington Spa Holy Trinity.^[1]

Construction of the church began in 1825, and was completed in 1847. It was designed by Mitchell of Leamington Spa for the Revd Craig of Leamington Parish Church of All Saints, and cost £13,000 to build. Substantial additions and alterations were made in 1865, and the transeptsPart of a Christian church crossing the area between the nave and the chancel, forming a characteristic cruciform shape. were enlarged in 1881, when the vestryRoom in Christian churches for the storage of liturgical vestments, sacred vessels and parish records. was added. The porchVestibule before the main entrance to a Christian church, less sacred than the church proper. and east chancelPart of a church containing the altar, used by the officiating clergy. wall date from 1900, and further alterations were carried out in 1913–1914.^[1]

Holy Trinity was a proprietary church until 1899, when it became a parish church. It was designated a Grade II listed buildingStructure of particular architectural and/or historic interest deserving of special protection. in 1970.^[2]

Architecture

Built in the Gothic Revival style, the church has a four-bay aisled naveCentral part of a church, used by the laiety., the south aislePart of a church on either side of the nave or choir, separated from them by arcades, colonnades or piers. More generally, a passageway between seats in an auditorium, shelves in a supermarket and so on. incorporating a porch, two-bay transepts, with an organ loft to the south and vestry to the north, and a single-bay chancel.

Organ

The church has a large four-manual pipe organ dating from 1880. Originally by Forster and Andrews, it has been rebuilt and restored many times, most recently by Peter Spencer in 2011, after having been silent for ten years.^[3]