Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church is a
Roman Catholic church in
Hammersmith ,
London W6. Its building is
Grade II* listed
History and architecture
Cardinal Wiseman donated the land on which to build the church, and on 6 May 1851 he laid the foundation stone. It is built of Kentish ragstone and cost about £20,000 to complete. Helen, Countess Tasker, a benefactor of several Roman Catholic church and school projects, gave £4,000. The church was opened on 26 July 1853.
The architect was William Wardell , who designed the church in a Gothic Revival rendition of Decorated Gothic . It has north and south side aisles and the nave is lit by a clerestory . The nave and chancel have arch-braced roofs. The building has stained glass windows by John Hardman .
From the beginning, Holy Trinity served a growing Catholic community in the area, initially boosted by the Irish mass migrations to Great Britain .
In 1862 a school for girls and infants was built behind the church to designs by Joseph John Scoles . In 1894 the children were transferred to the nearby Sacred Heart School and the former school building became the parish rooms.
The church has a southwest tower, with a spire that was added later. Sources disagree as to whether the spire was added in 1867 or 1871. Most sources agree that it was designed by Joseph Hansom , although Nikolaus Pevsner originally attributed it to his brother Charles Francis Hansom .
The present presbytery was completed in 1964.
Holy Trinity today
Inside the church, looking east to the chancel
Today Holy Trinity serves an ethnically diverse parish as the demographics of the parish change. There is a sizable French-speaking population because the church is near the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle in nearby South Kensington . It is also used by the Syriac Catholic Church , who hold Mass here in Arabic and Aramaic on Sunday afternoons.
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ancient parish churches (pre-1800) Anglican daughter churches
St Andrew, Fulham
St Clement, Fulham
St Dionis, Parsons Green
St Etheldreda, Fulham
St John, Fulham
St Katherine, Westway
St Luke, Shepherd's Bush
St Mary, West Kensington
St Matthew, Fulham
St Michael and St George, White City
St Peter, Hammersmith
St Simon, Shepherd's Bush
St Stephen, Shepherd's Bush
other denominations
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster
Churches
Our Lady of Lourdes, Acton
St Mary of the Angels, Bayswater
St Casimir, Bethnal Green
Holy Name and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Bow
Our Lady and St Catherine of Siena, Bow
St John the Evangelist, Brentford
Brompton Oratory
Holy Trinity, Brook Green
St Richard of Chichester, Buntingford
St Mary, Cadogan Street
Our Lady of Hal, Camden Town
Our Lady of the Rosary and St Dominic, Camden
Our Lady of Dolours, Chelsea
Our Most Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More, Chelsea
Our Lady of Grace and St Edward, Chiswick
St Peter, Clerkenwell
Parafia Ealing
St Etheldreda, Ely Place
Immaculate Conception, Farm Street
Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Fulham
St Thomas of Canterbury, Fulham
St Edward the Confessor, Golders Green
St Andrew Bobola, Hammersmith
St Augustine, Hammersmith
St Theodore, Hampton
St Francis de Sales, Hampton Hill and Upper Teddington
Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury, Harrow
Our Lady Queen of Apostles, Heston
St Joseph, Highgate
St Monica, Hoxton
St John the Evangelist, Islington
Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Simon Stock, Kensington
Our Lady of Victories, Kensington
Sacred Heart, Kilburn
St Hugh of Lincoln, Letchworth
St Anselm and St Cecilia, Lincoln's Inn Fields
Corpus Christi, Maiden Lane
Guardian Angels, Mile End
St Mary Moorfields
Mary Immaculate and St Peter, New Barnet
Notre Dame de France
St Francis of Assisi, Notting Hill
St Monica, Palmer's Green
St Alban and St Stephen, St Albans
St Patrick, Soho Square
St Anselm, Southall
St James, Spanish Place
St Ignatius, Stamford Hill
St Mary and St Michael, Stepney
Sacred Heart, Teddington
English Martyrs, Tower Hill
St James, Twickenham
St Margaret of Scotland, Twickenham
Holy Rood, Watford
St Joseph, Wembley
St Catherine, West Drayton
St Mary Magdalen, Whetstone
St Edmund of Canterbury, Whitton
Our Lady of Willesden
Patronal Feasts of the Diocese
Schools
Our Lady of Lourdes School, Arnos Grove
Sacred Heart Primary School, Teddington
All Saints Catholic College, North Kensington
St Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School
Bishop Challoner Catholic School
Bishop Douglass Catholic School
Cardinal Pole Catholic School
Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School
The Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, Greenford
The Douay Martyrs School
St Augustine's Priory, Ealing
St Benedict's School, Ealing
Finchley Catholic High School
Gumley House Convent School
Gunnersbury Boys' School
John F Kennedy Catholic School
The John Henry Newman School
La Sainte Union Catholic School
London Oratory School
Loreto College, St Albans
Maria Fidelis Roman Catholic Convent School
Mount House School
Newman Catholic College
Nicholas Breakspear School
Our Lady's Catholic High School, Stamford Hill
Sacred Heart High School, Hammersmith
Sacred Heart Language College
St Anthony's School, Hampstead
St Aloysius' College, Highgate
St Angela's Ursuline School
St Anne's Catholic High School
St Claudine's Catholic School for Girls
St Dominic's Sixth Form College
St George's Catholic School
St Gregory's Catholic Science College
St Ignatius College, Enfield
St James' Catholic High School, Colindale
St Joan of Arc Catholic School, Rickmansworth
St Mary's Catholic School, Bishop's Stortford
St Mark's Catholic School, Hounslow
St Michael's Catholic Grammar School
St Michael's Catholic High School
St Columba's College, St Albans
St Paul's College, Sunbury-on-Thames
St Richard Reynolds Catholic College
Salvatorian College
St Thomas More Language College
St Catherine's School, Twickenham
St Edmund's College, Ware
Westminster Cathedral Choir School
St Thomas More Catholic School, Wood Green