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Coordinates: 53°00′31″N 2°13′25″W / 53.0087°N 2.2236°W / 53.0087; -2.2236
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Holy Trinity Church
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53°00′31″N 2°13′25″W / 53.0087°N 2.2236°W / 53.0087; -2.2236
LocationNewcastle-under-Lyme
CountryUnited Kingdom
DenominationRoman Catholic
WebsiteOfficial website
History
StatusParish church
DedicationHoly Trinity
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II* listed
Designated21 October 1949[1]
Architect(s)Fr James Egan
StyleGothic Revival
Administration
ProvinceBirmingham
ArchdioceseBirmingham
DeaneryNorth Staffordshire[2]
ParishHoly Trinity & Sacred Heart

Holy Trinity Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. It was built between 1833 and 1834, and designed by its priest, Fr James Egan in the Gothic Revival style. While it was described as "the finest modern specimen of ornamental brickwork in the kingdom" when it was built, Nikolaus Pevsner described it as "a crazy effort in blue brick."[3] It is a Grade II* listed building, located on London Road close to the Grosvenor Roundabout.[4]

History

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War memorial, outside the church

Foundation

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After the Reformation, from the early 1700s the nearest place for Catholics to celebrate Mass was at Chesterton Hall, the house of the Macclesfield family. Later, in the early 1800s, Catholics went to a room in the Shakespeare Hotel, Brunswick Street, to celebrate Mass. The priest serving the local mission was Fr Louis Gerard. Around 1826, Fr Edward Daniel replaced Fr Gerard. In 1831, Fr James Egan took over the mission in Newcastle-under-Lyme. He had come from Ashley where he built the Chapel of Our Blessed Lady and St John the Baptist.[5]

Construction

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Fr James Egan would go on to design the church after being offered all the necessary bricks to build a permanent Catholic church by a local brick manufacturer. In 1833, construction work started. The front of the church is made of blue vitrified Staffordshire brick. On 13 May 1834, Bishop Thomas Walsh, the Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District opened the church. After the church's opening, it was described as "the finest modern specimen of ornamental brickwork in the kingdom";[6] however according to Historic England, "two Protestant preachers held a public meeting at Newcastle to denounce the Church of Rome".[5] Until 1849, the north aisle was separate from the church, as it was the presbytery. Until 1864, the south aisle was also separate and was a school. In 1886, restoration work on the church was carried out and a sacristy was built.[4]

Parish

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Holy Trinity Church is in the same parish as Sacred Heart Church in Silverdale. Holy Trinity Church has two Sunday Masses at 5:15pm on Saturday and at 11:00am on Sunday. Sacred Heart Church in Silverdale has one Sunday Mass at 9:00am.[2]

Exterior

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References

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  1. ^ Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity and War Memorial from British Listed Buildings, retrieved 13 June 2022
  2. ^ a b Churches from Archdiocese of Birmingham, retrieved 9 June 2022
  3. ^ Pevsner, Nicklaus (1974). Staffordshire (2002 ed.). New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 35. ISBN 0300096461. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  4. ^ a b Historic England. "Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity and War Memorial (1196759)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  5. ^ a b Historic England, Newcastle-under-Lyme - Holy Trinity, Taking Stock, retrieved 13 June 2022
  6. ^ William White, "Newcastle-under-Lyme", in History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire, and the ... city of Lichfield, comprising, under a lucid arrangement of subjects, a general survey of the county of Stafford, and the diocese of Lichfield & Coventry [1834], p. 659, retrieved 22 June 2022
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