Holy Trinity Church (Ayr)
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The Holy Trinity Church is an Episcopal church building in the Scottish town of Ayr in South Ayrshire . In 1971 the building was listed in the Scottish Monuments List in the highest category A. The church is still in use today.
history
The first episcopal church building in Ayr was built in 1839 on the site of today's church. Due to the steadily growing community, it was expanded in 1852; eight years later a school was added. After the building, which had already been expanded, proved to be too small again in the 1880s, it was decided to build a new one at the same location. John Loughborough Pearson , who became famous for numerous new neo-Gothic church buildings, was commissioned as architect; the church remained his only project in Scotland. After the foundation stone was laid in 1887, construction dragged on and the church could not be completed until Pearson's death (1897). John Pearson's son Frank completed construction in 1900. After all debts had been paid off, the Holy Trinity Church was consecrated in 1908.
description
The neo-Gothic church building is on Fullarton Street in central Ayr. The masonry consists of blocks made of yellow sandstone , which are processed into a layered masonry . Removed buttresses structure the facades. The glazed entrance portal is on the southwest front side along the street. It is designed with two pairs of pointed arched openings that are separated by central posts and each grouped under stylized arches. The bell tower rises to the left of the entrance area . The three-story tower was only completed in 1964 and is designed with partially blind lancet windows. It closes with a pyramid roof that is partially hidden behind a circumferential battlement reinforcement . The back of the building is designed with lancet windows and a rose window .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Information from the parish
- ^ History of the Holy Trinity Church
Web links
- Network presence of the parish
- Entry on Holy Trinity Church in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 27 ′ 41 ″ N , 4 ° 37 ′ 58.2 ″ W.