Church of the Holy Trinity Ashton‑under‑Lyne

ASHTON‑UNDER-LYNE. - The new church of the Holy Trinity, Ashton‑under‑Lyne, was consecrated on Wednesday week. The church has  been designed and superintended by Messrs Medland and Henry Taylor, of Manchester, and  the works have been carried out by Messrs  William Storrs and Company, Stalybridge. The cost, £10.000 to £12,000, includes the boundary fencing to church, vicarage, and schools. The  church will seat 700. The plan presents some  unusual features. The aisles are continued  right round the chancel, which is apsidal, with  nine arches between the chancel or choir and  the surrounding aisle. The church consists of  a broad nave, 20tt. across, with north and south aisles, each about 15 feet wide, also a western lean‑to aisle (or narthex), divided into three parts - viz. a north west and a south‑west  porch, and between them a baptistery, with  windows on the north and south sides looking  into the porches. There are three narrow arches at the western end of the nave, resting  on four granite pillars; an arch, of the same width as the three at the west end, on each  side of the nave, forms the first and short bay.  There are, on each side of the nave, four other larger and loftier arches opening into the aisles. The style is Early Pointed, and the  material red brick, with stone dressings. The chancel paving was supplied by Mr W Godwin, of Withington, and all the painted windows are by Messrs Heaton, Butler, and Bayne. [Building News 2 August 1878 p117]

Reference           Building News 2 August 1878 page 117