The church of Holy Trinity, Tewkesbury, was consecrated on 30th August 1837, a couple of months after the succession of Queen Victoria in June of that year. The architect was Ebenezer Trotman, son of Daniel Trotman, Tewkesbury's Baptist minister. The brick building with stone dressing takes Gothic forms and assembles them in quite novel ways, especially on the west front (seen above). A west door is traditional but doors in the flanking aisles are not. A large west window is also traditional but here the arch does not contain tracery or glass but opens onto a recessed blank wall with a clock: church clocks are usually on a tower The narrow, symmetrical composition of the west front is placed opposite a street that leads to the High Street and is an eyecatcher visible to anyone passing by.
photo © T. Boughen Camera: Nikon D5300
