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Description: | Dating from 1834-7, the church was built by Jacob Owen, mainly of local yellow brick. The church was paid for by the Rev Sir Henry Thompson, the first incumbent. The church is an early example of the Gothic revival style. Built of brick with stone dressings, it comprised a small chancel, nave aisles, north and south porches and a battlemented western tower with spire, added in 1838 and containing a clock and two bells. The church was restored in 1889 with the nave being lengthened. An organ chamber, vestry and a new chancel were added in 1915 in the same brick as the rest of the church. The spire was demolished during January to February 1992.
For many years there was a large open space by the church. This was a cricket field and space for fetes, fairs, circuses and firework displays. It disappeared after WW1 when Kings, Queens and Western Roads were built and by the Territorial Army building. The spire was removed from January to February 1992.
References:
1. Pevsner, Nikolaus and Lloyd, David. 1967. Buildings of England. Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, p.220-222.
2. James, Alice. 1989. Fareham between the wars, p. 52.
3. Brown, Ron. 1983. Fareham of yesteryear, p. 25. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | Hampshire Library and Information Service - Hampshire County Council | Subjects: | building public house church spire road, west Street business Holy Trinity Church | Temporal: | start=1992-01-01; end=1992-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | J D. Johnson | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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