By Carole Although I do not adhere to any faith, I have always loved visiting churches. I find the spirituality I experience inside these historic buildings comforting and reassuring. One of the first things I did on moving to Brighton in 2009 was to spend time visiting its churches. Then my mother passed away, and… Read More Evangelicalism in Brighton
As Fabrica is celebrating its 25th year, we as a research group reflect on other significant anniversaries of the building itself. In 1926, the Holy Trinity celebrated its 100th year. Trinity was under Campbell at the time who also combined celebrations with a time to develop and fundraise for the purchase and rebuilt of Robertson… Read More Holy Trinity Centenary Celebration
By Sandrine My recent work on the project consisted of creating a list of the women who had been identified in the research and had, one way or another, a connection with Holy Trinity Church (HTC). The research aimed to check what material we already had. The consensus was that, although we were not short… Read More Remarkable Women
The Holy Trinity building has had a lot of changes and amendments over the years. It is drastically different from the original building by A H Wilds. Notably, the exposure of the south facing wall and addition of the chancel on the west side of the building between 1867-69 and the addition of the redesigned… Read More Timeline of the Building
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
