Trinity Church, Ossett


Trinity Church, Ossett

Holy Trinity Church, North Ossett from Moorcroft after the demolition of Woodheads (2005-06.) Holy Trinity Church was built between 1862-65, consisting of a chancel, nave, aisles, southwest porch and a 110ft high tower with a spire 116 feet high, rising from the intersection of the nave and transept, and containing a clock and 8 bells cast in 1865. The style of the architecture is English Gothic of the early second or geometric period. The building, made from Yorkshire stone, is in the shape of a Roman cross measuring 145 feet in length and 56 feet in width internally, with transepts 11 feet in depth. The height of the nave from floor to roof ridge is 67 feet. The nave arcade shafts are of alternate red and blue polished Aberdeen granite surmounted by richly carved capitals.

The East Window (gifted by Benjamin Ingham of Palermo) and the West Window (funded by the Whitaker family of Ossett) are fine examples of stained glass. There are sittings for 1,000 persons. The Parish Register dates from the year 1792. The contractors responsible for the construction of the church were Messrs. Hampshire, masons, Huddersfield; J.W. Sykes, joiner; Snowdon Brothers, plumbers, Ossett, and Joseph Snowden, painter.