This former Anglican church was built as a chapel-of-ease to St. Nicholas at Ash, near Sandwich in East Kent, to serve the isolated and remote hamlets of Ware and Westmarsh.
It was dedicated as Holy Trinity, Westmarsh, although technically it is in Ware! Built in yellow brick in 1841 as a pre-Ecclesiological "preaching box," it has a non-liturgal alignment, with its small and somewhat cursory chancel area facing the north. It was designed by architect George Russell French. In 1849 Westmarsh became a separate parish in its own right. In 1895 the church was enlarged with a new entrance porch and between 1958 and 1960 it was renovated again and connected to the National Grid. By 1968 the congregation had and the church was closed. From 1970 to the early 1990s it was used as a store and was then converted into a residential property known as Trinity House. The parish War Memorial sits outside the former church facing the road; but Trinity House, with its porch, lancet windows and bellcote, is now largely secluded from public view.
Text by Rob Baker
