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Holy Trinity Church, on Portland Street, is one of many buildings in Cheltenham designed by George Underwood. The Church was built in 1820-3 in a Gothic Revival style and is unlike many of the other Churches in town that have the usual spire, I think it has a French look about it. The construction of the church was funded by the sale of shares. Each share that a parishioner purchased entitled them to the use of a pew in the church. If you weren't well off enough to buy a share you had to pay a shilling to attend each service!
Thursday, 15 May 2008
Holy Trinity
Holy Trinity Church, on Portland Street, is one of many buildings in Cheltenham designed by George Underwood. The Church was built in 1820-3 in a Gothic Revival style and is unlike many of the other Churches in town that have the usual spire, I think it has a French look about it. The construction of the church was funded by the sale of shares. Each share that a parishioner purchased entitled them to the use of a pew in the church. If you weren't well off enough to buy a share you had to pay a shilling to attend each service!
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5 comments:
it's a beautiful building, and appears to have a big bell tower there. the church down on the corner from me chimes on every hour like a grandfather clock and plays tunes at christmas - it must be digital or something.. =)
lovely perspective!
That is a new one on me. I never heard of having to pay to go to church. If that happened here the churches would close and are almost all without living people now.
The photo is nice. I was just stunned at the cost to attend.
I think it looks like an Oxford or Cambridge college, a bit.
How grand! Love the angle you snapped it in. I also love the wrought iron!
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