This magnificent Anglican church was built in 1829-30 to designs by the archiect Charles Robert Cockerell (1788-1863), better known as the architect of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford and the National Monument in Edinburgh.
His preferred style was neo-classical, and Holy Trinity is a wonderfully balanced example of this style; the main facade facing Hotwell Road comprises a symmetrical range of 5 round-arched windows, with a massive porch with broken pediment carried on giant Doric pilasters, flanking a tall coffered niche. This encloses the main door, beneath a round-arched window and flanked by two smaller doors. Above the pediment is a square, open bell turret with a clock. In the tympanum above is a sculpture of the Holy Spirit by the local Bristol sculptor, Jabez Tyley.
The church was gutted by enemy bombs in 1941, but rebuilt within the original walls by the architect Tom Burrough. The interior is modern and light, with whitewashed walls, tall steel columns and a glass dome, which recalls the original domed centre of the church prior to its bombing.
The church is a the centre of a busy parsh life, as well as a day community centre for the over 60s. The building is Listed at Grade II* by English Heritage. read more