Church of the Week
Trefnant, Clwyd
Holy Trinity in Trefnant, Denbighshire, a beautiful Grade II* Listed church, is our Church of the Week. Built in 1855 and designed by the noted Gothic Revival architect George Gilbert Scott, it was created as a lavish memorial to a local landowner, Colonel John Lloyd Salusbury of Galltfaenen, who died in 1852, and his wife Anna Maria, who died in 1846. Holy Trinity is a hall church – a church with a nave and aisles of roughly equal height – and features columns made of Anglesey marble with nature-inspired carvings. A local craftsman, J Blinstone of Denbigh, was sent to the Architectural Museum in London to study naturalistic French carving in order to create them. The building also features Arts and Crafts choir stalls and a font made from four different types of stone. While Holy Trinity is a stunning building worth admiring, it’s also the centre of a community. Back in 2023, the church won in the Wales category of the Church and Community Volunteer Awards for the wide variety of activities they offer to local people, including a book club, a youth group and regular events for parents of young children to get together.
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