Church of the Holy Trinity
CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY, TOWNGATE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1313632
- Date first listed:
- 16-Jan-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of the Holy Trinity
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY, TOWNGATE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1313632
- Date first listed:
- 16-Jan-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of the Holy Trinity
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY, TOWNGATE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
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
II
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
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 340588
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Yorkshire - The West Riding, (1959)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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