Holy Trinity, the Arts and Crafts Church, by John Dando Sedding, 1890

Holy Trinity Church

Architect: John Dando Sedding

1890

Sloane Street

London SW1.

Holy Trinity, famed as “the Arts and Crafts Church,” has windows by Burne-Jones and Morris & Co, others by W. B. Richmond, a lectern by H. H. Armstead, and an angel by Frederick Pomeroy.

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The interior

Pomeroy's memorial to Sedding and his wife

Pomeroy's memorial to Sedding

Photograph 2011 and text George P. Landow

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“The west front is a free adaptation of the late Gothic type of King's Chapel Cambridge, with turrets and battlemented parapets. The detail — with the huge west and east windows with their flowing tracery, the arches of the arcade sprouting out of the main piers without any interposed capitals, the abundance of colourful Italian marble (Ruskin's influence), and the plentiful sculptural decoration — is all eminently typical of Sedding.” — Cherry and Pevsner, 559.

Left: Holy Trinity viewed from Sloane Square. Middle: Lower portion of front elevation as seen from across Sloane Street. Right: West window and roof detail.[Click on these thumbnails and those below for larger images.]

Left: Upper portion of right tower. Middle: Bas relief over main entrance: Christ and his predecessors, including Moses (who holds the tablets of the law), , beneath the dove representing the Holy Ghost. Right: The cornerstone laid on Ascension Day, 1889, identifying Sedding as the architect and Count Cadogan as the benefactor.

Bibliography

Cherry, Bridget, and Nikolaus Pevsner. London 3: North West. The Buildings of England. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002.

Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Street, London SW1: A Brief Guide. London: Holy Trinity Church, n.d.

Last modified 30 April 2013