Church Micro 2778...Middleton - Holy Trinity Traditional Cache
Church Micro 2778...Middleton - Holy Trinity
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This is a dramatic building with its bold tower and tall lead spire rising above the cottages and treetops. By 1955, the spire of Holy Trinity had become quite unsafe, and was completely rebuilt. One summer morning, as two workmen were putting the finishing touches to the lead around the base of the spire, they looked down to see smoke rising from the thatched roof of the nave below. By three o'clock that afternoon, the church was completely ablaze. There are few signs today to show that this great conflagration happened. Half a century has been long enough to soften the new roofline, which is now tiled rather than thatched. At the entrance to the little south porch is a delightful little drainage plate, obviously the work of some 19th Century blacksmith - if you look closely, you can see how all the bars have been rivetted and hammered into place. The renewed door is set within a Norman doorway, and you step into a church which still retains a rustic feel, despite the discernible patina of Festival-of-Britain crispness common to 1950s and 1960s church restorations. Surprisingly, much of the furnishings are older, because the alarm was raised in time for them to be rescued, but dramatic photographs of that day are on display in the nave, one of which you can see at the end of this piece. The villagers gather around to watch, and smoke and flames billow from the walls and windows. If you would like to add to the Church Micro series yourself then please look here http://churchmicro.co.uk/ There is also a Church Micro Stats & Information page that can be found at http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/index.html
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