Stained Glass of Percy Bacon & Brothers

Holy Trinity Church viewed from Peter Street.

North Aisle 4; He Shall Feed His Flock, and a young Christ teaching in the temple; 1903, dedicated 1925.

Holy Trinity Church viewed from Peter Street.

Posted 03 May 2025.

Holy Trinity was built in 1846 to designs by Benjamin Ferry. It was built in an Early English style of ham stone ashlar with Welsh slated roof in a cruciform plan with 4-bays to nave, north and south aisles, chapels to the east of the transepts and sanctuary set lower than the chancel: There is no tower, but there is a small bell turret to the west end. By the 1980s, the congregation had dwindled and a decision was made to build a new church and community centre in Lysander Road. This was completed in 1998, and Holy Trinity declared redundant. The interior was subsequently converted to office space, and a new housing development was added to the south, providing accommodation for young homeless people. This was closed in 2020 and sold off once again, this time the development being converted to private apartments. At the time of writing the church is used by a number of organisations including Mind in Somerset. Many of the features of the original building are still to be seen, including a number of stained glass windows. However, Percy Bacon's work has not survived. For further information about the history of Holy Trinity, and a good number of contemporary photographs and prints, see Bob Osborn's website Yeovil's Virtual Museum.

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The Builder of 4th November 1905 describes the Percy Bacon glass in Holy Trinity, but fails to identify in which of the transepts the glass was installed. The north and south transepts are identical, with a pair of two-light windows, so both are candidates.

The windows in both transepts are now plain glass. The fate of the Bacon glass is unknown.

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1. The Builder v89 (4 Nov 1905) p477
2. For a more comprehensive history of the church see Yeovil's Virtual Museum website.