Church of the Holy Trinity, Sliema

The Church of the Holy Trinity is an Anglican church in Sliema, Malta.

Holy Trinity Church
The Parish Church of the Holy Trinity
Il-knisja tat-Trinita Qaddisa
Holy Trinity Church
35°54′35.5″N 14°29′45.6″E
LocationSliema
CountryMalta
DenominationChurch of England
History
StatusActive
Founded20 September 1866
Founder(s)Walter Trower
DedicationHoly Trinity by Acting-Governor, Major-General Ridley,
Consecrated23 April 1867
Architecture
Functional statusParish Church
Architect(s)Webster Paulson of G.M. Hills of London
Architectural typeCountry English Church
StyleHigh Victorian Gothic
Construction cost£4000
Administration
ArchdeaconryItaly and Malta
DioceseDiocese in Europe
ProvinceCanterbury
Clergy
Bishop(s)Robert Innes
Chaplain(s)Clem Upton
Laity
Reader(s)David Felgate
Churchwarden(s)Aileen Grech
Ursula Smith

Origins
Interior of the church

The land upon which the church and the adjacent Bishop's house are build was acquired by Jane Trower, the daughter of Walter Trower Bishop of Gibraltar for £1050. She intended to donate the property to the Diocese of Europe but the law did not permit an unmarried woman to make a donation exceeding £50. So her father became party to the Deed of Gift and refunded the money back to her. The church architecture is not common in Malta. The church was built to resemble an English village church.[1]

In 1865, Webster Paulson was commissioned as a contractor in the construction of the church, which was built to designs of Gordon MacDonald Hills (1826-1895).

The church was completed in 1866 and opened to the public. It was consecrated on April 23, 1867 by Bishop Walter Trower of Gibraltar.[2]

The Reverend Dr Thomas Burbidge was the first vicar of the church.

Bishop's House

The building adjacent to the church is known as the Bishop's House. It was built in 1855 as a residence for the vicar. Today the house still serves the same purpose.

Further reading
  • Gauci, M. (2009). "New Light On Webster Paulson and his Architectural Idiosyncrasies" (PDF). Proceedings of History Week (PHW). 12 (9): 137–150. ISBN 978-99932-7-400-1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-07-29. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
gollark: I see.
gollark: I found the thing I read in my browser history (https://www.painscience.com/articles/stretching.php), and it says that stretching hasn't been found to reduce injury risk, and might just make the brain happier with using more range of motion without actually changing the muscles.
gollark: Does it actually do that?
gollark: You do get more flexibility but that doesn't seem very useful in most circumstances unless you're lacking it a lot.
gollark: Is it? I think I read that stretching actually reduces performance if you do it before sport things.

See also

References
  1. "HOLY TRINITY CHURCH SLIEMA" Archived 2014-10-24 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 23 October 2014.
  2. Mallia, Slav (1990). "The Malta Protestant College". Melita Historica. New Series. 10 (3): 257–282. Archived from the original on 26 May 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.