Holy_Trinity,_Hulme Knowpia

Holy Trinity was an Anglican parish church built in Hulme, Manchester in 1841 to a design by George Gilbert Scott and S. Moffat. Construction cost around £18,000 and was funded by Eleanora Atherton,^[1] the granddaughter of Edward Byrom, who had himself founded St John's Church, Manchester.^[2]^[3] The church was on Stretford Road, to the east of Hulme town hall.^[4]

The hammer-beam roof was decorated with plaster angels painted to resemble wood. The church was considered a good composition by The Builder. Scott used the same design for six other churches.^[5] Partially damaged by bombing in World War II, it was demolished in 1953.

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^ "Birley Fields, Hulme Community Excavation" (PDF). Oxford Archeology North. 2012. pp. 13, 39, 43.
^ Shaw (1894), p. 125
^ "Eleanora Atherton". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
^ Makepeace, Chris (1995) Looking Back at Hulme, Moss Side, Chorlton on Medlock & Ardwick. Altrincham: Willow; p. 45
^ Stewart, Cecil (1956). The Stones of Manchester. London: Edward Arnold; pp. 52 & 60