Holy Trinity Church, Heritage church building in York, Australia
Holy Trinity Church is a stone house of worship in York with large windows and traditional colonial design features. The building has thick stone walls, tall windows, and interior details that reflect the religious structure of the 1800s.
The foundation stone was laid on 25 October 1854 by Mrs Fitzgerald, wife of Governor Charles Fitzgerald, and the church opened on 26 October 1855. Architect Richard Roach Jewell designed it in Norman style for 250 people at a cost of 1,100 pounds. It was consecrated in 1858 by Bishop Mathew Blagden Hale; the roof was raised and the bell tower, chancel and vestries added in 1893.
The church's name comes from the Holy Trinity, and its Anglican parish produced a community cookbook in the late 1970s. In the 1980s the Holy Trinity Church Society gave talks and published on Anglican history, and the church hosted theatrical events. In the 2000s it issued a community fixtures calendar.
The church is accessible to visitors and located at a central spot in York. Plan enough time for a walk through the interior and check locally for current opening times before heading there.
The tower was designed with a lofty spire, but the 1968 Meckering earthquake damaged the belltower and its height was cut by about a third before it was rebuilt. The organ, built by Albert Pearse in London in 1898, was shipped to Australia in parts and installed the same year, then restored in 1998.
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