We have been researching the story of the adjoining Robertson Hall – a church hall and centre for Holy Trinity which opened in 1929. At 35 Ship Street before Robertson Hall, from at least 1905 was ‘The Phoenix Ironmongery Co.’ (in 1897 it was a brewers and wine merchants). Phoenix offers furnishings and builders ironmongery… Read More Adjoining Robertson Hall
When the chancel was added in 1869 three separate, tall, round-arched windows were placed behind the altar. The stained glass in these windows commemorates Holy Trinity‘s most charismatic preacher, Frederick William Robertson, (1816 – 1853). They were installed some 16 years after his death. They are all dated 1869 and attributed to designer Henry Holiday… Read More The Stained Glass Memorial Windows
We have been looking carefully at details in the building and many beautiful traces left behind from the life of the church. Here are some select photographs from research volunteers. Do you see anything of interest? Have you noticed anything special when visiting? Let us know in the comments!
Written by Alice and researcher John Marie Jean Alma Scott The plaque above was made in memory of Marie Jean Alma Scott and can be found still be found in Fabrica Gallery today. Through the information pictured, the past present future team has begun to piece together fragments of Scott’s life. Originally living at Marine… Read More Chancel Dedications
If These Walls Could Talk is a volunteer led project that has been exploring the history of the Holy Trinity Church on Ship Street. The outcome of the research will be a publication which tells the story of the Holy Trinity. At this stage in the project we have already learnt a lot about the… Read More We want to hear your memories of Holy Trinity Church and Robertson Hall, Ship Street
The If These Walls Could Talk research team has been exploring varied aspects of the history of Holy Trinity Church and the wider context of the building, which is centrally located in Brighton. Along the way we have discovered that some people who were related to the church had links to plantations and the slave… Read More Brighton and Slavery
Thomas Read Kemp, land developer and politician, was an important figure in the development of Brighton. Kemp commissioned the creation Trinity Chapel (which we now know as Holy Trinity Church) as an independent non-conformist sect and was its first preacher during that time. Our volunteer researcher Sandrine explored his life: By Sandrine Thomas Read Kemp,… Read More Thomas Read Kemp, Creator of Trinity Chapel
By John In 1984, Holy Trinity Church, closed its doors for the last time as a functioning Place of Worship. From 1817, when the Church was built, through the height of its popularity around 1830-1850, when it could, and often did, accommodate up to 800 parishioners, to the gradual decline in numbers, from the late 1800’s to 1984, I believe Holy… Read More The Journey to Deconsecration
By Angi Located immediately to the left of the First World War Memorial plaque commemorating those who served and those who fell from the local area (visit The Boys on the Plaque to hear about that project) is a small brass-plated plaque to a soldier lost in the Second World War. It is the only wall plaque… Read More Remembering Henry George Walthoe
The Reverend Fredrick William Robertson (1816 – 1853) was Perpetual Incumbent of Holy Trinity Chapel, Brighton 1847-1853. “Robertson of Brighton” is well known as a Victorian preacher and his life has already been documented, sometimes controversially, but he is a huge part of the Holy Trinity’s history. Memorials to the preacher are found within the… Read More Robertson of Brighton
