Tales from the Crypt – Lecture 1: The Building of Holy Trinity
Channel: Cloudesley Centre
Date: 26/02/2021

Holy Trinity Cloudesley Square, one of Islington’s most important churches, is currently undergoing major restoration. This talk traces the history of Holy Trinity, one of three chapels of ease built by Sir Charles Barry for the parish of Islington in the 1820s.

Dr Preston follows the building of the church from site planning to construction and consecration in March 1829, and subsequent alterations.Dr Rebecca Preston is a landscape and building historian and part of the team working on the “Tales from the Crypt” project, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and the Diocese of London.