Holy Trinity, Ashby-de-la-Zouch | |
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Coordinates: 52°44′45″N1°28′32″W / 52.745743°N 1.475648°W | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Denomination | Church of England |
Churchmanship | Evangelical |
Website | trinityashby.net |
History | |
Dedication | Holy Trinity |
Architecture | |
Heritage designation | Grade II listed building |
Architect(s) | Henry Isaac Stevens |
Architectural type | Gothic Revival |
Groundbreaking | 1838 |
Completed | 1840 |
Administration | |
Parish | Ashby-de-la-Zouch |
Archdeaconry | Loughborough |
Diocese | Diocese of Leicester |
Province | Canterbury |
Clergy | |
Vicar(s) | Tim Phillips |
Holy Trinity, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, is a parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Leicester in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire.
The church was built between 1838 and 1840 to designs by the Derby architect, Henry Isaac Stevens. The chancel was added in 1866 [1] by James Piers St Aubyn.
The church was consecrated by George Davys, Bishop of Peterborough on 13 August 1840. It was reported that:
The Marquess of Hastings gave land for the site. The cost of the building, upwards of 3000l., together with a handsome sum towards an endowment fund, was raised by subscription, chiefly among the inhabitants aided by a grant from the Church Building Society. The church contains upwards of 900 sittings, 600 of which are free and unappropriated. [2]
It is part of the Ashby and Breedon Team Ministry which comprises the following churches:
The church contains a 2 manual pipe organ by Brindley & Foster. It appears to date from around 1867 shortly after the chancel was built. A specification of the organ can be found on the British Institute of Organ Studies National Pipe Organ Register at N04546.
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