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Holy trinity" target="_blank">Trinity Church, Nottingham was a Church of England church in Nottingham from 1841 to 1958.




History


It was designed by the architect Henry Isaac Stevens.
It was a church in the early English style, dedicated to the Holy trinity" target="_blank">Trinity, was consecrated on 13 October 1841 by John Kaye the Bishop of Lincoln; its external dimensions were 129 feet (39 m) by 64 feet (20 m), and it had a square tower, on which was an octagonal lantern 24 feet (7.3 m) high, surmounted with a spire rising 29 feet (8.8 m) feet. It was built at a cost of £10,000 (equivalent to £1,148,580 in 2023). The living was in the gift of Trustees; and had a net income of £400.
It was built on land released under the 1839 enclosure of Burton Leys and out of the parish of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham.
In 1859, the parishioners built trinity" target="_blank">Trinity Free Church as a chapel of ease to Holy trinity" target="_blank">Trinity. This later became independent as St. Stephen's Church, Bunker's Hill.
The church was closed for a period in 1873 when a major restoration was undertaken. The chancel was lengthened by 16 feet (4.9 m) and the ceiling was decorated, the high box-shaped pews were docked, and the organ was removed from the west-end gallery to the chancel. The restoration work was carried out under the supervision of architect William Arthur Heazell at a cost of £1,650 (equivalent to £180,000 in 2023).
The spire was the tallest in Nottingham. Unfortunately, the spire was declared unsafe after the heavy bombing raid in the Second World War, although there was some dispute as to whether the bombing had caused the damage, and it was removed by October 1942. Stones from the spire were used in the new drive at St John the Evangelist's Church, Carrington when the entrance from Mansfield Road was walled up and a new drive created from Church Drive, and other stones were incorporated into a wall on the Carrington Lido side of St John's Church.
In 1954, Canon R.J.R. Skipper of Holy trinity" target="_blank">Trinity Church, Lenton, died in the pulpit whilst preaching.




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Organ


The organ was built by J.W. Walker and installed in 1845. It was renovated in 1873 by Lloyd and Dudgeon of Nottingham when it moved from the west end gallery to the newly extended chancel. On closure of the church in 1958, the organ was moved to Holy trinity" target="_blank">Trinity Church, Clifton, but no longer exists there.




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Closure and demolition


The church was demolished in 1958 and the trinity" target="_blank">Trinity Square site used for a multi-storey car park until 2006. This has now been redeveloped as the trinity" target="_blank">Trinity Square shopping centre.
The church name was preserved with the new Holy trinity" target="_blank">Trinity Church, opened in 1958 in the Nottingham suburb of Clifton.




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External links


Picture the Past: archive image of interior of Holy trinity" target="_blank">Trinity, Nottingham
Picture the Past: archive drawing of Holy trinity" target="_blank">Trinity, Nottingham
Picture the Past: archive photo of Holy trinity" target="_blank">Trinity, Nottingham
Picture the Past: archive photo of Holy trinity" target="_blank">Trinity, Nottingham
Picture the Past: archive drawing of Holy trinity" target="_blank">Trinity, Nottingham

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