Holy Trinity, Sutton Coldfield, is on the
north-west corner of Coleshill Street and Trinity Hill in the centre
of Sutton Coldfield. Services for the town during the twelfth and early
thirteenth centuries took place in the Chapel of St Blaize at
the manor. Holy Trinity was built about 1300, and took over services
at the end of the fifteenth century. The tower was built about 1500,
and the nave was probably extended westwards to join into it. Bishop
Vesey is entombed within.
The Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity is
on the western side of Lichfield Road, opposite Boswell Road in Sutton
Coldfield. It can often be confused with the Anglican church nearby,
and was probably dedicated as such to offer Catholics the comfort of
an assumption of continuity between the two churches. The new church
was constructed in 1920 in the neo-Gothic style. It is distinguished
mainly by its oblong tower and the finely-carved stonework on the
entrance portal.
All photos on this page kindly contributed by Aidan
McRae Thomson.
