3-046-976 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Trinity Church, Finchley Road, [London], 1872. 'This church has been built for the congregation of the Rev. Henry Sharpe, who during some years past has been using the temporary church adjoining, in the Hampstead fields. The new church will hold 1000 persons...The interior of the church has polished granite columns, with carved stone capitals supporting the arcade on both sides. It is also decorated with ornamental pressed brickwork, displaying coloured bands. The carving of the interior, which is beautifully executed, and the cost of which has been presented by different members of the congregation, represents natural foliage - the oak and ivy leaf, the vine, the passion-flower, the rose, the lily, and the palm-leaf being tastefully introduced. The church is lighted almost entirely by large clerestory windows, one of which is filled with stained glass presented by Mr. Crompton Roberts. The style of architecture is Gothic, of the Geometrical period. The tower and spire are to be erected as soon as funds permit. The architect is Mr. Henry S. Legg, of Bedford-row; and the contractors are Messrs. Dove. The site was presented by Sir John Maryon Wilson, the lord of the manor, and his son, Mr. Spencer Wilson'. From "Illustrated London News", 1872.