The church was built between 1827 and 1829 as a result of the Church Building Act of 1818 and 1824, when £1.5m was made available by the government to build new churches following the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
The land used was donated by the lord of the South Crosland manor, Richard Henry Beaumont (1805-1857).
The foundation stone was laid on 15 October 1827 by the Rev. Lewis Jones, the Vicar of Almondbury, and carried the following inscription:
This first Stone of a Church, to be called the Holy Trinity Church, in the Township of South Crosland, in the Parish of Almondbury, built under the direction of the Honourable Board of Commissioners for Building New Churches, was laid by the Rev. Lewis Jones, on this 15th day of October, A.D. 1827, being the eighth year of His Majesty King George the Fourth.
Richard Henry Beaumont, Esq., Donor of the Site.
Mr. P. Atkinson, Architect.
Mr. Joseph Mellor, Churchwarden.
The building was designed by Peter Atkinson and built by Joseph Kaye using ashlar stone. The cost of construction was £2,168 and the original seating capacity was 700, of which 322 were free sittings.
The first service was held on Sunday 23 October 1829 and was taken by Rev. Lewis Jones. The church was consecrated by the Right Rev. Charles Vernon Harcourt, Archbishop of York, on 2 September 1830.
Rev. George Hough (1797-1879) was the first incumbent and remained the vicar until his death in June 1879. The Vicarage House was erected in 1846 by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, with Rev. Hough contribution towards the cost of construction.
On 1 May 1878, a new east window showing the parable of the "Good Samaritan" was added to the church to celebrate the Rev. Hough's 80th birthday. The cost of £300 was covered by a public subscription and the window was designed by the renowned stained glass company Lavers, Barraud and Westlake of Bloomsbury, London.
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