Building record 15323 - Church of the Holy Trinity, Northwich

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 57623 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Church 1842 of red tooled ashlar sandstone with grey slate roofs. West tower with spire, aisleless nave of six bays, small one-bay chancel. Slender stone broach spire on three-stage tower which has west door in moulded archway with colonettes, three lancets to bellringers' chamber and traceried bell-openings. Traceried north and south windows to nave and chancel; corbel table; east window of circle above three lancets; lancet window to east end of nave at each side of chancel. Interior West gallery on cast iron arcade contains organ; contemporary pews, pulpit and lectern of painted wood; octagonal font; chancel arch has continuous mouldings and no capitals; a largely undisturbed interior of its period.

The architect is not recorded, but is reputed to have been the engineer to the Board of the Weaver Navigation; the church was built for watermen.

<2> Hartwell C, Hyde M, Hubbard E & Pevsner N, 2011, The Buildings of England: Cheshire (2011 revision), p.513 (Book). SCH7059.

Built in 1842 by the Trustees of the Weaver Navigation for use by the watermen. The architect was Edmund Sharpe who designed a similar church for the Trustees in Weston.