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Holy Trinity
20 High Cross Avenue, Melrose TD6 9SU

Services:
Sunday: Holy Communion 8.30am; Sung Eucharist 11am ; .
Evensong 6.30pm (1st Sunday only);
Informal Prayer and Praise Service 6.30pm (3rd Sunday only)
Weekdays: Wednesday: Holy Communion 10.30am (In church except for the last Wednesday when it is held at Priorswood Court, Melrose)

Rector: Revd Maurice Houston

To find us: Holy Trinity is situated in High Cross Avenue (B6394) approximately 50metres from the junction with Waverley Road (B6374)

About us:Sunday:
We try to ensure men and women are equally involved in all our affairs and that our youth have a voice that is listened to. We have a Sunday School and Creche and sponsor the Trinity Centre.

The Trinity Centre Community Facilities: The Trinity Centre is a modern building opened by His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch in 2000 to serve the local community. It is a meeting place for young and old alike and the church fellowship and forms an important part of our outreach programme.

The Church Building (originally in the Diocese of Glasgow) dates back to 1849 when the site was gifted by His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch and the plans produced and prepared by Her Grace the Duchess. There is some doubt as to the architect of the church: it may have been John Henderson of Edinburgh or Gilbert Scott of London. Both men were close friends and were united in admiration for Augustin Pugin and the scholarly Gothic Revival which he had begun almost single handed in the late 1830’s. The design is very correct Gothic for its date - not many architects had yet embraced Pugin’s teachings so thoroughly. The first phase took the church only to the end of the nave with seating for 180, then in 1900 the chancel and the small north and south transepts were added by George henderson (John’s son and a Gilbert Scott pupil) to enlarge the seating to 266. In 1931 the pipe organ was built and installed in the south transept by Ingram of Edinburgh, who had a great influence on Scottish organ building at the time. This is a very late example of one of their new organs and had some Ingram specialities including a Choir organ being playable from the great manual and the pneumatically operated ventil stops above the Swell which could give the impression of a Solo organ. The action was overhauled by Robert Goldsmith in 1979 and the pedal organ was then place on electric action.

An octagonal stair tower in the east angle of the porch is entered from the porch and leads to what was the choir loft of the pre 1900 church. The font, of Caen marble is adjacent to the main entrance door. In the north wall there are three stained glass windows which date from 1885. The east window was given by the congregation in 1913. Centre is the Exalted Lord, the archangels Michael and Gabriel kneeling below: top is the Worship of the Lamb with flag, sign of the crucified and triumphant Lord. Left is John the Baptist, Peter kneeling, John with cup and the Blessed Virgin Mary: right are two Bishops, Ninian and Cuthbert, Paul kneeling with sword, and Columba in brown habit. The south transept contains a chapel erected in memory of Canon Henry Kelsey.