Holy Trinity Church, Chelsea — the “Arts and Crafts Church” — designed by J D. Sedding (original) (raw)

Sedding's last and most mature work, and the outstanding London example of the Arts and Crafts movement in the ecclesiastical field. The patron was the Earl of Cadogan. £22,000 had been spent by 1890. Sedding wanted churches to he "by living men for living men', and Holy Trinity has certainly freshness and daring at a time when Pearsonand the younger Scotts designed in the most accomplished neo- Gothic idiom. . . . Many of the leading artists of the day con- tributed to make Holy Trinity a museum of 1890s design. There is a complete blend between the medievalizing Pre-Raphaelite-Morris and the Italianizing trends. Henry Wilson, Sedding's pupil and successor, and a first-rate decorative artist, carried on after Sedding's early death in 1891. — Cherry and Pevsner, 559

The Exterior West front and entrance Side and rear views Interior Chapel, South Aisle North Aisle and Lady Chapel Nave viewed from entrance Nave viewed from South Aisle Marble pulpit Stained glass The East Window and Altar (Burne-Jones and Morris & Co.) Sections of the East Window North window with paired Old and New Testament scenes Adoration window (Whall and Sedding) Francis Cook Memorial Window (Whall and Sedding) North Aisle window on the theme of charity by W. B. Richmond North Aisle window with episodes from the Old and New Testaments by W. B. Richmond Sculpture and carving on pillars Angels on sanctuary pillars with emblems of the passion (Armstead) The Nativity and the Crucifixion (Armstead) Angelic musicians (on main piers) (Armstead) Angels with palm leaves (Armstead) Holy Innocents (Armstead) Winged angels, one with crown and another cradling an infant (Armstead) Capital with vegetation (Armstead) Painting All Men Seek Thee (Nineteenth-century Worship of Christ) (Reynolds-Stephen)

Bas reliefs in choir on and above choir stalls Rondels with angel musicians (Pomeroy) St. Cuthbert (Pomeroy) The Venerable Bede (Pomeroy) King Alfred (Pomeroy) Bishop Ren (Pomeroy) John Keble (Pomeroy) St. Martin (Pomeroy) St. Margaret (Pomeroy) St. Lawrence (Pomeroy) St. Nicholas (Pomeroy) St. Dorothy (Pomeroy) King David playing a harp (Pomeroy) St. John the Divine writing the Book of Revelation (Pomeroy) Angels on front of choir stalls (Pomeroy) Other sculpture Altar and Reredos (Tweed) Baptismal font (Boucher and Onslow Ford) Bronze lectern (Armstead) Bronze angels, each holding a scroll (F. W. Pomeroy) The authors of the Gospels Madonna and Child (south wall) Suffer the Little Children (after Wilson) Vine and grapes plasterwork Ceramics Madonna and Child (south wall) Metalwork Light fixture Wrought iron lectern Metalwork screen and pillar covering Standing candlesticks Altar railings (Wilson)

Bibliography

Cherry, Bridget, and Nikolaus Pevsner. London 3: North West. The Buildings of England. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002.

Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Street, London SW1: A Brief Guide. London: Holy Trinity Church, n.d.

Skipwith, Peyton. Holy Trinity Sloane Street. London: Trinity Arts and Crafts Guild, 2002.

Last modified 20 April 2013