Description

OLDHAM

SD90NE CHURCH STREET, Waterhead
780-1/2/100 (West side)
Church of the Holy Trinity

II

Parish church. 1847 by E H Shellard with tower and spire added
later. Coursed and squared rubble, with ashlar dressings and
Welsh slate roof with ridge cresting.
West tower and spire, nave with 2 aisles, chancel. Early
English style. 2 stage west tower with tall lower stage and
clasping buttresses.
West door with shafts and deep moulding. Triple lancet window
above, then a quatrefoil. Paired bell chamber lights in upper
stage, corbel table and brooch spire with lucarnes. Long nave
of 6 bays with lean-to aisles divided by buttresses.
Continuous sill band, and heavy unmoulded blocks between the
windows, possibly unfinished corbel heads. Cornice and
overhanging eaves. Gabled north porch with shafts to doorway.
Trefoiled clerestory windows divided by pilasters. Lower
chancel with stepped lancets to east window with continuous
hoodmould. Gabled vestry to north of chancel.
Interior: nave arcade of 6 bays with clustered banded shafts
and roll moulded capitals. Stumpy wall shafts carry cambered
truss and collar roof with king posts. Painted ceiling. Single
chamfered west door, and paired lancets above, now lighting
base of tower. Shafts as responds to chancel arch, with
painted text over archway.
Chancel refitted 1884: Encaustic tiles, painted panelled
ceiling. Wood traceried reredos. Stained glass: all the
principal windows carry stained glass: in the south aisle, one
by Capronnier dated 1892, and another unsigned but in similar
style, 1880. 2 windows by R.B.Edmondson of Manchester, 1880
and 1897. East window of 1871 in medieval style. North aisle
windows include one by Mayer and Co. of Munich, dated 1906,
1904 by Reuban Bennet of Manchester, and 1906 by Heaton Butler
and Bayne.
(Slater: Directory of Oldham: Oldham: 1895-).

Listing NGR: SD9520305999

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26571460

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Recommended Books

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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)