Construction
of Trinity Methodist Church began in 1899, on a
wedge-shaped piece of land which had belonged to
Woodland Farm. It replaced an earlier corrugated
iron ‘Tin Church’which had been built there in
1887.
The main church was opened on January 2, 1901,
less than three weeks before Queen Victoria’s
death. It was designed and built by a
partnership of Cardiff architects, Jones,
Richards and Budgen, in the Victorian
Gothic-revival style, in grey-brown stone with
bathstone dressings, slate roofs, and some
shafts in polished granite.
The building has a cruciform layout, with the
altar at the east end, and contains a high
quality organ over 100 years old built by Norman
& Beard Ltd. The stained-glass windows are the
work of H J Salisbury.
A War Memorial stands outside the main door and
was dedicated in September 1921, and an
inscribed Roll of Honour is displayed in the
south-western corner.
The church hall, just beyond the church at the
east end, was constructed in grey stone with
bathstone dressings, and with dressings and
quoins in yellow brick at the rear. The hall was
built shortly before the church itself, and from
1897 to the end of 1900 was used for the church
services.