Church of the Holy Trinity

CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY, TOWNGATE

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1313632
Date first listed:
16-Jan-1967
Statutory Address:
CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY, TOWNGATE
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1313632
Date first listed:
16-Jan-1967
Statutory Address 1:
CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY, TOWNGATE

Location

Statutory Address:
CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY, TOWNGATE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Kirklees (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:
Holme Valley
National Grid Reference:
SE 14282 08187

Details

SE 1408 TOWNGATE 12/360 (Holmfirth)

16.1.67 Church of the Holy Trinity

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Church. Circa 1780. By Joseph Jagger. Ashlar. Stone slate roof with modillioned eaves cornice. Square 2 tier tower at east end over chancel with gothic battlements and pinnacles. Two storeys. Three by 5 bays. Ground floor impost band. First floor sill band. Segmental headed windows to first floor. Round arched windows to ground floor. Entrance on south side, right hand bay, with segmental pediment on consoles. Moulded doorcase, double doors with rectangular leaded fan. Interior: Gallery on 3 sides on slender Doric columns. Flat ceiling with applied panel moulding and ogee bracket cornice. Early C19 wall memorials. 'The Buildings of England: Yorkshire West Riding', N Pevsner, 1959.

Listing NGR: SE1428208187

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Legacy System number:
340588
Legacy System:
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Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Yorkshire - The West Riding, (1959)

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