Holy Trinity Church, Heath Town

Holy Trinity Church stands in Heath Town, a district of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands. It is an active Anglican parish church designed by Edward Banks and built between 1850 and 1852. The church is constructed from dressed stone with oak seats and doors, and its nave measures 85 feet long and 26 feet wide. The chancel features Minton encaustic tiles on the floor, and the tower rises to 140 feet. English Heritage has recognised the building as Grade II listed. The church is notable for its Ecclesiological style, described by Pevsner as ‘a well-proportioned example with good interior features.’ Its interior includes a nave with aisles, a north porch, and a south entrance beneath the tower. The chancel has an organ chamber separated by a stone screen and a vestry. The churchyard surrounding the building has been extended several times and now covers about seven acres. Visitors find a large churchyard still used for burials, including an area known as the ‘Old Ground’ opened in 1852. The churchyard also contains a lych gate from around 1920, which serves as a war memorial, and Jacobean-style almshouses dating from about 1850. Among the graves of historical interest are those of Daisy Alcock, a calligrapher, and George Bates, a former Mayor of Wolverhampton. The churchyard holds 26 war graves from the First World War and 27 from the Second.