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Holy Trinity Church, Trowbridge, was a parish church in the Church of England located in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. It was completed in 1838. It is commonly known in Trowbridge as ‘The Church on the Roundabout’, as it is entirely encircled by a one-way traffic system.〔''Holy Trinity, Trowbridge: Church History” John Baxter, June 1988〕〔http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getchurch.php?id=334〕 ==History== The Trowbridge manor which included the land on which the church stands was bought in 1807 from the fifth Duke of Rutland, who retained the patronage. It had been noted that the existing parish church could barely hold a twelfth of the 12,000 population, and so plans were set in motion to build a new, larger church. In 1835 fund-raising appeals were begun by Francis Fulford, the then-rector of the parish church of St. James, with estimated construction costs of £4000. The total cost of the church was £5,251 (£}} in ), towards which a grant of £1,676 (£}} in ) was provided by the Church Building Commissioners. The building contractors for the church were Charles and Richard Gane. A. F. Livesay of Portsmouth was appointed as architect. Other works of his included the recently completed Holy Spirit Church, Newtown, on the Isle of Wight. Livesay’s design is in the Early English architectural style, and is based on elements of Salisbury Cathedral, including the vaulting and bosses of the north and south aisles in the Cathedral. The church was built of poor-quality Westwood stone,() with the interior having iron and plaster columns (the plaster painted to mimic marble such as the Purbeck marble of Salisbury cathedral’s columns), and plaster scribed with false ashlar blocks to mimic high-quality stonework in the vaulting and walls. There were four porches, one of which (the south porch, the main entrance to the church nowadays) is situated under an embattled tower. The windows were originally plain, clear glass.〔''Holy Trinity, Trowbridge: Church History” John Baxter, June 1988〕 Unusually, the church is not oriented east/west, but rather north-east/south-west. The foundation stone was laid in 1837, with the builders Richard and Charles Gane. 7,000 people attended the ceremony, indicating the importance of the event. The building took just over a year to complete, and cost £6,415 and 12 shillings. It was consecrated by the Bishop of Salisbury on 1 November 1838. At this time it had a west gallery which extended as far as the first set of iron columns, and the organ, actually a seraphine, was also at this end of the church. A plaque on the south wall states that on consecration it held seats for 1033 parishioners. Other alterations to the arrangement of the church’s layout have since been made. The clergy vestry was in the south-east corner, in the area now occupied by the toilets off the south transept. The north-east porch is now the flower vestry, and the font originally stood where the organ is now, but was replaced by a newer font in 1874. In 1852 a new organ was installed in the west gallery, and in 1861-2 new heating apparatus was installed. In 1866 the first marble wall monument was erected. In 1871 the south transept was turned into a side chapel for weekday services. To mark the church’s 50 year jubilee in 1888, the west gallery was removed and the organ moved to the chancel area and choir stalls added alongside. The font was moved to the west gallery at the same time. In 1898 the west end of the church was partially re-seated. In 1901 the first serious report on the church’s fabric showed the folly of using the relatively cheap Westwood stone, with weak buttresses and weathered stone. Between 1902 and 1904 the chancel was raised above the level of the nave and screens erected forming and organ chamber on the north and a choir vestry to the south. In 1908 the reseating of the church was completed, reducing the seats from 1033 to nearer 750. The All Saint’s chapel (at the eastern end of the church) was refurbished in 1911. In 1914 the high altar reredos with credence table, Bishop’s stall and sedilia was erected, the work of A. L. Moore of London. The reredos is of carved oak with panels of opus sectile, showing adoring angels in the centre, with the nativity to the left and the resurrection to the right, with flanking portraits, two on either side, of the four Archangels - Michael, Gabriel, Raphael and Uriel.〔''Holy Trinity, Trowbridge: Church History” John Baxter, June 1988〕 In 1927 a reredos was dedicated in the All Saints Chapel, showing the Transfiguration, and signed by A. L. and C. E. Moore and dated 1924. In 1940, a screen was erected between the Lady Chapel (in the north transept) and the nave. A new choir vestry at the west end of the nave was built as a memorial to those who died in World War II. The font was moved from this area and placed under the Norris window in the south transept. The names of the 56 members of the parish who died in the war are carved on the screen, on either side of the central door. The screen was dedicated in 1951. In 1955 the former choir vestry in the All Saint’s Chapel was converted to a side chapel.〔''Holy Trinity, Trowbridge: Church History” John Baxter, June 1988〕 In the 1970s, the development of the new Trowbridge inner relief road involved the demolition of a few buildings near the church, and the creation of a one way traffic-light controlled roundabout around the church, effectively isolating it. It soon gained the local nickname, "The Church on the Roundabout".〔''Holy Trinity, Trowbridge: Church History” John Baxter, June 1988〕〔http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getchurch.php?id=334〕 In 1980-1 the vicar’s vestry was converted to toilets, the font was moved to near the main door, and a screen to match that in the Lady Chapel was erected between the south transept and the nave. This area was used as a creche. At the same time a simple, movable wooden nave altar was installed. The pews were removed in 2000 and replaced with chairs. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Holy Trinity Church, Trowbridge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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