Holy Trinity Church, Wray

Holy Trinity Church, Wray
Holy Trinity Church, Wray, from the west
Holy Trinity Church, Wray Location in the City of Lancaster district
Location	Wray, Lancashire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	Holy Trinity, Wray
History
Consecrated	1 July 1841
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Edmund Sharpe Paley and Austin
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1839
Completed	1840
Administration
Parish	Wray
Deanery	Tunstall
Archdeaconry	Lancaster
Diocese	Blackburn
Province	York
Clergy
Rector	Revd Mark Harrison Cannon
Laity
Reader(s)	Mary Winter, Peter Osborne, Ann Dawson
Churchwarden(s)	Mark Rowland, Francis Gretton

Holy Trinity Church is in the village of Wray, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Tunstall, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn. Its benefice is united with those of St Peter, Leck, St Wilfrid, Melling, St John, Tunstall, St James the Less, Tatham, and the Good Shepherd, Tatham Fells, Lowgill.

History

The church was built in 1839–40 and designed by the Lancaster architect Edmund Sharpe. Its cost was £2,021 (equivalent to £160,000 in 2021). The foundation stone was laid on 28 May 1839, and the church was completed the following year, although it was not consecrated until 1 July 1841, when the Bishop of Chester performed the ceremony. In 1879–80 the church was enlarged by Sharpe's successors, Paley and Austin, who rebuilt the chancel, reseated the church, and added an organ chamber and a porch at a cost of £1,307. In 1889 the same practice, now Austin, Paley and Austin, added a new nave roof, and altered the west elevation.

Architecture

Holy Trinity has a three-bay nave, each bay containing a triple lancet window. At the west end are four lancets, one on each side and two over the entrance. The chancel, added by Paley and Austin, has two bays and a three-light east window containing Decorated tracery. At the west end of the church is a double bellcote. Inside the church is a west gallery, containing the organ. The two-manual organ was made in 1879 by Gray and Davison and overhauled in 1980 by R. D. and E. H. Holmes.

See also

• List of architectural works by Edmund Sharpe
• List of ecclesiastical works by Paley and Austin
• List of works by Austin, Paley and Austin

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