Holy Trinity Church
Address ： No. 201, Jiujiang Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai
Address ： No. 201, Jiujiang Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai
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The Holy Trinity Church, known as the “Red Chapel” for its red bricks, was designated by the State Council a Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level on October 7, 2019. Initially built in 1847, the church was soon repaired in 1851, when a rainstorm led to the collapse of its roof. In 1862, the owner decided to have the church rebuilt and engaged Sir George Gilbert Scott, a prominent British architect, to design it. The project broke ground on May 24, 1866 and was constructed by Messrs. S. C. Farnham & Co. The new church was completed in 1869. The church, east-facing, has a Latin cross-shaped floor plan and a brick-wood structure, with an architectural style in between Roman and Gothic styles. The porch at the entrance features semicircular arches, with chapiters, arches and other details influenced by Roman art. The front elevation adopted a composition where the two sides are lower than the middle. In the middle part, three continuous arch colonnades divide the facade into three sections. The cornice decoration and arches are Gothic style. Most of the arches are pointed arches with two centers of a circle. The bell tower added in 1893 has a square floor plan. The top of the tower is covered with a cone-shaped pinnacle of early Gothic style. Inside the church is a Basilica-style hall with an arcade of continuous pointed arches which adopt single columns plus caps. The columns are no beam-columns, similar to the piers of early Gothic churches in the 12th-century Britain. The top of the church is not an arch structure, but a pointed arch wooden roof truss, the most common round collar-style ceiling seen in British Gothic churches of the 15th Century. Given the small side thrust of the building, the exterior used counterforts only, without any flying buttress. The church was designated as the seat of the Diocese of North China, The Church of England in May 1875. South of the back of the church is the priest’s residence, while north of it is a parochial school built in 1928. After the Pacific War broke out in 1941 and the Japanese troops entered the Shanghai International Settlement, this church was once made a makeshift concentration camp of foreign nationals and fell in the state of disrepair. The municipal government allocated funding for a major overhaul of the church in 1955. It was restored to its original shape and still held services of the Anglican Church until 1966, when all religious activities ceased. The cone-shaped spire of the tower was destroyed in 1966. In 2006, the Holy Trinity Church became a chapel affiliated to the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches in China and the China Christian Council.
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Opening Hours
Not open
Details
The Holy Trinity Church, known as the “Red Chapel” for its red bricks, was designated by the State Council a Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level on October 7, 2019. Initially built in 1847, the church was soon repaired in 1851, when a rainstorm led to the collapse of its roof. In 1862, the owner decided to have the church rebuilt and engaged Sir George Gilbert Scott, a prominent British architect, to design it. The project broke ground on May 24, 1866 and was constructed by Messrs. S. C. Farnham & Co. The new church was completed in 1869. The church, east-facing, has a Latin cross-shaped floor plan and a brick-wood structure, with an architectural style in between Roman and Gothic styles. The porch at the entrance features semicircular arches, with chapiters, arches and other details influenced by Roman art. The front elevation adopted a composition where the two sides are lower than the middle. In the middle part, three continuous arch colonnades divide the facade into three sections. The cornice decoration and arches are Gothic style. Most of the arches are pointed arches with two centers of a circle. The bell tower added in 1893 has a square floor plan. The top of the tower is covered with a cone-shaped pinnacle of early Gothic style. Inside the church is a Basilica-style hall with an arcade of continuous pointed arches which adopt single columns plus caps. The columns are no beam-columns, similar to the piers of early Gothic churches in the 12th-century Britain. The top of the church is not an arch structure, but a pointed arch wooden roof truss, the most common round collar-style ceiling seen in British Gothic churches of the 15th Century. Given the small side thrust of the building, the exterior used counterforts only, without any flying buttress. The church was designated as the seat of the Diocese of North China, The Church of England in May 1875. South of the back of the church is the priest’s residence, while north of it is a parochial school built in 1928. After the Pacific War broke out in 1941 and the Japanese troops entered the Shanghai International Settlement, this church was once made a makeshift concentration camp of foreign nationals and fell in the state of disrepair. The municipal government allocated funding for a major overhaul of the church in 1955. It was restored to its original shape and still held services of the Anglican Church until 1966, when all religious activities ceased. The cone-shaped spire of the tower was destroyed in 1966. In 2006, the Holy Trinity Church became a chapel affiliated to the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches in China and the China Christian Council.
*The above information is subject to the official release by the venue, and this platform is for reference only.
