Holy Trinity Church, Blackpool

Holy Trinity, Blackpool
Holy Trinity Church
Holy Trinity, Blackpool Location in Blackpool
Coordinates: 53°47′47″N 3°03′13″W / 53.7965°N 3.0535°W / 53.7965; -3.0535
OS grid reference	SD 3073233848
Location	Blackpool, Lancashire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	www.htss.org.uk Official Facebook page
History
Dedication	Holy Trinity
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	20 October 1983 (1983-10-20)
Architect(s)	Richard Knill Freeman
Architectural type	Church
Style	Decorated Gothic
Administration
Deanery	Blackpool
Archdeaconry	Lancaster
Diocese	Blackburn
Province	York

www.htss.org.uk

Holy Trinity Church is an Anglican church in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. Completed in 1895, the present church replaced one from 1836. Designed by Richard Knill Freeman in the Decorated Gothic style, it has been designated a Grade II listed building by English Heritage. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn, the archdeaconry of Lancaster and the deanery of Blackpool.

A church was first built on the site of Holy Trinity in 1836. It was located amongst sandhills, in what is now Dean Street in Blackpool's South Shore area. Designed by John Braithwaite, the church held 250 people. The church became a parish church in 1871. In the 1880s, damage to the building meant that a new church had to be built; it was completed in 1895. The new design was by Bolton architect Richard Knill Freeman. Holy Trinity was designated a Grade II listed building by English Heritage on 20 October 1983. The Grade II listing is for buildings that are "nationally important and of special interest".

The church was designed in the Decorated Gothic style and is constructed of yellow sandstone, with dressings in red sandstone and slate roofs. The tower to the north-west has five stages with angled buttresses and two-light belfry openings in triplets and a battlemented parapet. There is a turret with a red pyramidal roof as high as the third stage.