Trinity Presbyterian Church, Mansell Road, Wimbledon

The “Trinity Presbyterian Church, Wimbledon,” by Messrs. Potts, Sulman, & Hennings (No.1,615), is a pretty structure, with some original points about it; low walls and high roofs, with a very small clearstory, a tower at the south-west angle, with an octagon spire rather playfully treated, and a simple but elegant fleche at the crossing; the details are Early Geometric Gothic in character. [Builder 1 May 1886 page 652 - Architecture at the Royal Academy]

TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, WIMBLEDON - The site for this church is in the Mansell Road, a few minutes’ walk from the station. The hall shown in the rear has just been completed by Mr. Nightingale, of Lambeth, who took the contract at £1,225, and it is proposed to proceed with the erection of vestries, classrooms, etc., at once, before the church proper is begun. In plan the church will consist of a nave 27 feet wide, with side aisles separated by stone arcades. there is to be an end gallery over the front porch, reached by a staircase in the tower. materials: red brick, Broseley tiles, and Bath stone. accommodation will be provided for about 600 people in the church, and 200 in the hall, whilst the total cost is estimated at £6,000. The drawing is a reduction from a pen-and-ink perspective by Mr. Hennings (Messrs. Potts, Sulman, & Hennings, of Furnival’s Inn), and is now hung in the academy (1,615). [Builder 24 June 1886 page 141]