Buildings in London: Holy Trinity

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Holy Trinity

Sloane Street
London
SW1X 9DF

www.holytrinitysloanestreet.org

Holy Trinity is the finest example of the Arts and Crafts Movement's ecclesiastical work. It was described by the poet John Betjeman as the 'Cathedral of the Arts & Crafts Movement'. The architect was John Dando Sedding, who believed that a church should be 'wrought and painted over with everything that has life and beauty - in frank and fearless naturalism'. To this end, he commissioned his colleagues in the Art Workers Guild to produce decorative work and statuary in stone and metal. The great east window, designed by Edward Burne-Jones, was the largest ever made by Morris & Co.