Holy Trinity Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch

Holy Trinity, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, is a parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Leicester in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire.

Holy Trinity, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
52.745743°N 1.475648°W / 52.745743; -1.475648
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Evangelical
Website	trinityashby.net
History
Dedication	Holy Trinity
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade II listed building
Architect(s)	Henry Isaac Stevens
Architectural type	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1838
Completed	1840
Administration
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Diocese of Leicester
Archdeaconry	Loughborough
Parish	Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Tim Phillips

Description

The church was built between 1838 and 1840 to designs by the Derby architect, Henry Isaac Stevens. The chancel was added in 1866^[1] by James Piers St Aubyn.

The church was consecrated by George Davys, Bishop of Peterborough on 13 August 1840. It was reported that:

The Marquess of Hastings gave land for the site. The cost of the building, upwards of 3000l., together with a handsome sum towards an endowment fund, was raised by subscription, chiefly among the inhabitants aided by a grant from the Church Building Society. The church contains upwards of 900 sittings, 600 of which are free and unappropriated.^[2]

Ministry

It is part of the Ashby and Breedon Team Ministry which comprises the following churches:

• St Mary the Virgin, Coleorton
• St John's Chapel, Coleorton
• St Matthew's Church, Worthington
• St Helen's Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
• The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Hardulph, Breedon on the Hill
• All Saints' Church, Isley Walton

Organ

The church contains a 2 manual pipe organ by Brindley & Foster. It appears to date from around 1867 shortly after the chancel was built. A specification of the organ can be found on the British Institute of Organ Studies National Pipe Organ Register at N04546.