whose father was David Jones of department store fame, contributed financially to the establishment of the church. Sir Phillip's younger brother, George, and brother-in-law, Harry P Thomson, were the joint architects. The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales. The church is an exceptionally fine and intact example of Victorian Romanesque design, with excellent polychrome brickwork detailing, both externally and internally. The cruciform plan of the church is extended vertically through the spirelet over the crossing. The church contains a fine collection of leadlight windows, original furnishings, original gas light fittings and a pipe organ by the London firm of Norman and Beard. The place has a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group in New South Wales for social, cultural or spiritual reasons. The place is significant as a place of worship to the several congregations that use it. With the formation of the Uniting Church of Australia in 1977, the former Trinity congregation moved to Strathfield Uniting Church, leasing Trinity to several young congregations, representing the various cultural groups within the Strathfield area. Strathfield-Homebush Uniting Church Parish maintains a continuing presence using and office daily and the church occasionally. The hall provides facilities for community use. The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales. Trinity Uniting Church is a rare example of an elaborate Victorian Romanesque suburban church featuring polychrome brick detailing externally, with the reverse colour way expressed internally. The detailing throughout is of a very high standard. The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of cultural or natural places/environments in New South Wales. It is representative of the rapid expansion of the churches during the second half of the nineteenth century and of the money spent on new church buildings by wealthy and powerful families during the Victorian era. See also Uniting Church in Australia Congregational Union of Australia Australian non-residential architectural styles References Attribution External links Strathfield Strathfield, New South Wales Strathfield Articles incorporating text from the New South Wales State Heritage Register Churches completed in 1890 1890 establishments in Australia Victorian architecture in Sydney