Holy Trinity Church, Skipton

Holy Trinity Church is in High Street, Skipton, North Yorkshire, England. Medieval in origin, the church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.[1] It is the elder of the two active Anglican parish churches in the town, located in the deanery of Skipton, the archdeaconry of Craven, and the Diocese of Leeds. Its benefice is united with that of a church in a neighbouring village, St Augustine, Draughton.[2]

Holy Trinity Church, Skipton
Holy Trinity Church, Skipton, from the southeast
Holy Trinity Church, Skipton
Location in North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSD 990,519
LocationHigh Street, Skipton,
North Yorkshire
CountryEngland
DenominationAnglican
WebsiteHoly Trinity, Skipton
History
StatusParish church
Founded12th century
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade I
Designated28 April 1952
Architect(s)Austin and Paley
(1909 and 1925)
Architectural typeChurch
StyleGothic
Completed1909
Administration
ParishSkipton
DeanerySkipton
ArchdeaconryCraven
DioceseLeeds
ProvinceYork
Clergy
RectorVacant
Laity
Parish administratorPauline Demaline

History

The first church on the site was built in the early 12th century, probably in wood. The present church dates from about 1300, and was extended to the east in the late 15th century. The church was damaged during the Civil War, and was repaired and restored in the 1650s with financial assistance from Lady Anne Clifford of Skipton Castle, whose father's tomb is in the church. In 1853 the tower was struck by lightning.[3] The church was restored in 1909 by the Lancaster architects Austin and Paley. During this process, the galleries were removed, a north transept and new vestries were added, and new seating was installed.[4][5] The church was struck by lightning again in 1925, causing a fire that destroyed the organ and damaged the roof.[3] The roof was repaired, and a new organ case was installed, again by Austin and Paley.[6][7] In 1979 the Lady Chapel was created in the southeast corner of the church, and more recently a Prayer Corner was developed in a corresponding position at the northeast of the church.[3]

Architecture

The plan of the church consists of a nave with a clerestory, a south porch, a north transept containing the organ and vestries, a chancel with the Lady Chapel to the south and the Prayer Corner to the north, and a west tower embraced by the nave.[1][3] The window tracery is mainly in Perpendicular style, with some in Decorated style.[1] The font stands at the west end of the nave, and has a Jacobean cover.[1][3] The rood screen dates from 1533.[1] In the chancel is a triple sedilia. There are monuments in the church dating from the 16th and 17th centuries to the memory of members of the Clifford family. One of the windows contains stained glass by Kempe.[1] The original pipe organ was built in 1803 by Lincoln of London. It was sited in a gallery on the northeast of the church, and had been moved by 1855 to the southeast corner of the church.[8] In 1875 a new organ was built by Jardine, and it was moved in 1888 to a new organ chamber on the northeast of the church by Abbott and Smith of Leeds.[9] Following the destruction of this organ in 1925, a new three-manual organ, built by Rushworth and Dreaper of Liverpool and designed by Edward Bairstow, was installed.[10] This organ was rebuilt and reduced to two manuals in two phases in 1966 and 1970, and moved into the left bay of the north transept by Laycock and Bannister of Keighley.[11] There is a ring of eight bells, all cast by John Taylor & Co. of Loughborough in 1921.[12]

Burials

See also

References

Citations

  1. Historic England, "Church of the Holy Trinity, Skipton (1131877)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 6 April 2012
  2. Skipton Holy Trinity, Skipton, Church of England, retrieved 6 April 2012
  3. Holy Trinity Church, Skipton, Skipton Web, archived from the original on 14 November 2002, retrieved 6 April 2012
  4. Price 1998, p. 96.
  5. Brandwood et al. 2012, p. 247.
  6. Price 1998, p. 102.
  7. Brandwood et al. 2012, p. 251.
  8. Yorkshire, West Riding (Yorkshire, North), Skipton, Holy Trinity, Mill Bridge (E00509), British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 6 April 2012
  9. Yorkshire, West Riding (Yorkshire, North), Skipton, Holy Trinity, Mill Bridge (E00510), British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 6 April 2012
  10. Yorkshire, West Riding (Yorkshire, North), Skipton, Holy Trinity, Mill Bridge (N05086), British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 6 April 2012
  11. Yorkshire, West Riding (Yorkshire, North), Skipton, Holy Trinity, Mill Bridge (N12093), British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 6 April 2012
  12. Skipton in Craven, Holy Trinity, Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers, retrieved 6 April 2012

Sources

  • Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: English Heritage, ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8
  • Price, James (1998), Sharpe, Paley and Austin: A Lancaster Architectural Practice 1836–1942, Lancaster: Centre for North-West Regional Studies, ISBN 1-86220-054-8
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