Renfrew Trinity Church

Heritage listing

Category C Date Added 04/02/2009 Local Authority Renfrewshire Planning Authority Renfrewshire Burgh Renfrew NGR NS 50567 67418 Coordinates 250567, 667418 — 1864, with later alterations by W D McLennan, 1902-4. Roughly cruciform, simple-Gothic gabled church with integral 3-stage stairtower with polygonal belfry and spire breaking gable to left of entrance elevation. Stugged, coursed and snecked sandstone. Band course. Some chamfered openings ending in trefoil-type design. Church halls adjoining at rear (SE) see Notes. FURTHER DESCRIPTION: entrance elevation to NW. Central, deep-set 2-leaf timber door with diagonal boarding and curvilinear tracery hinges in moulded segmental-arched door surround. 4-light trefoil-headed windows above and rose window in gable above. Cross finial to gable apex. To left, 3-stage stairtower and spire, polygonal above church roof level with slated spire with finial. Carved stone gargoyles at corners and small, louvred openings to top stage. Predominately leaded-pane windows with some coloured glass. Some later 20th century coloured glass windows. Grey slates. Raised skews with some gabled skewputts. INTERIOR: (seen 2008). Good cohesive interior scheme with distinctive open timber roof. Timber panelled galleries to 3 sides, supported by slender cast-iron columns. Side galleries with timber pews and boxes. Timber pews throughout. Carved timber pulpit, organ case, communion table and font. Some 5-panelled timber doors; some coloured glass to leaded paned windows. BOUNDARY WALLS, GATES AND GATEPIERS: to NW. Low, rubble wall with metal railings. Pair of square-plan gatepiers with pyramidal caps. Ornamental metal gates. Metal railings to SW. — Place of worship in use as such. This church with its corner stairtower and polygonal steeple is a significa

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.