Holy Trinity Church, Leicester

Holy Trinity Church, Leicester
Holy Trinity Church, Leicester
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Charismatic Evangelical
Website	holytrinityleicester.org
History
Dedication	Holy Trinity
Administration
Parish	Leicester
Diocese	Diocese of Leicester
Province	Province of Canterbury
Clergy
Vicar(s)	The Revd John McGinley
Assistant priest(s)	The Revd Elaine Sutherland
Curate(s)	The Revd Dave Hendra The Revd Pep Hill
Assistant	Alex Scott and Simon Braker

Holy Trinity Church is an Anglican parish church in Leicester, England.

The Victorian building is situated on Regent Road to the south of the city centre, close to the University of Leicester, De Montfort University and the Leicester Royal Infirmary. Holy Trinity prides itself on being an informal lively church. John McGinley was appointed as Vicar in January 2009 and Elaine Sutherland is the Associate Vicar.

The Church Building Act of 1818 provided funds for two new Leicester parishes, one of which was Holy Trinity. The church was built in 1838 to Sydney Smirke's classical design as the city expanded, and formed part of a new suburb. The new parish, also established in 1838, was created out of part of the parish of St Mary de Castro Church.

In 1872, Holy Trinity was completely redesigned by Samuel Sanders Teulon in a High Gothic style, with spire and side turrets in red-purple brick with limestone decoration.

In the 19th century, the church had wooden pews and a single central aisle, with balconies on both sides of the church; the central aisle was occupied by the middle classes and the balconies by their servants. Access to ground floor was via the main church entrance, with two side entrances for the balconies.

A significant building project was undertaken in the late 1980s, and there is now a single balcony at the rear of the church. The former main entrance to the church now features a display of a cross behind a glass window, and there is an extended lobby area with the main entrance to the church is to the west of the tower.

The chancel end wall has five arched stained glass windows featuring contemporary designs of the Parable of The Sower (see Matthew 12:1-24), above which there is a more traditional floral design including an emblem of the Trinity, with smaller windows featuring "The Truth" and "The Life", but there is not a window depicting "The Way" (see John 14:6). The chancel marble end wall also features a depiction of the Last Supper.