Trinity Church was a

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church located on School Street in

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, England. It is not the same building as the joint Methodist and URC church in Parkside, Barrow-in-Furness known as the Trinity Church Centre.Trinity Church Centre
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History

The church building was built in 1875 to accommodate the town's large

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Presbyterian congregation which had been meeting in the Welsh Chapel for ten years. In 1907 another Presbyterian church, St Andrew's, was built on

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. The church closed nearly 100 years after its foundation in 1971 when congregations merged in the context of the creation of the United Reformed Church. Churchgoers moved to a former Congregationalist church. The Trinity building continued to be used for various functions, however in March 2005 was almost destroyed by fire when it was being used as a bike store. The building's owner absolved itself of all responsibility for its upkeep in 2009 and Barrow Borough Council took control in 2013, and with no chance of redevelopment demolished it later the same year.

Architecture

The Italian/ Romanesque church was designed by

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architects and cost £5,000 to build on a site that was donated to the Presbyterian congregation by

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. Trinity Church was one of just seven places of worship in Barrow with

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status prior to demolition.

References

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Former churches in Cumbria Grade II listed churches in Cumbria Former Presbyterian churches Paley and Austin buildings Presbyterian churches in England Romanesque Revival church buildings in England Former listed buildings in England Churches completed in 1875 1875 establishments in England

History

Architecture

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