Trinity Green

In 1833 the then Bishop of Durham, William Van Mildert (1765–1836) gifted five acres and the land of an existing burial site called "The Monument" (originally a mass grave from a prior cholera outbreak) to the town of Stockton. Upon this land, the process of building of and designing Holy Trinity Church began, using funds originally allocated for church building in the Church Building Act 1818. It was designed by John and Benjamin Green, and construction began in 1834. Holy Trinity continued to serve the Anglican community of Stockton faithfully for many years, being listed as a Grade II* protected building on the 19 January 1951. The ruin continued to be vandalised until it was protected…

The church once featured a highly ornamental exterior, however the decorated Gothic style still remains today. The remaining building is entirely adorned with Ashlar stone. On each wall there are gabled buttresses with scrolled label stops, with set back buttresses at each corner. At each of these corners there are Pinnacle towers, with gargoyles below. Each wall is also arcaded with parapets built at the top, with each having a corbel arch with minimal gabled stone. There is a wide 4-bay nave with lower transepts with gabled extensions pointing towards the east. There are also a double bayed chancel. On the east of the transept, there is a small gabled porch. The tower of the church is at…