Holy Trinity Church (Ferryland)
Holy Trinity Church (Ferryland)![[Holy Trinity Church: Image]](002.jpg)
Originally called the Holy Family Church, the name was changed in the 1920s. The Church's cornerstone was laid in 1863 and the finished structure consecrated in 1865. It is the last surviving one of a group of five stone churches that were erected during the episcopacy of Bishop Mullock. A very simple example of rural Gothic, the Church's style (despite its late date) is more likely to be, like the Anglican Church in Harbour Grace, an example of the survival of the Gothic forms rather than their revival. The Church was constructed with the assistance of the local people and from stone quarried at Stone Island at the mouth of Calvert Harbour. The incongruous brick tower is a later addition to the structure. The iron statues, which make the Church's entrance so impressive, were salvaged from a ship bound for Trois Rivieres which ran aground at Ferryland in 1926.