Striking and beautiful, the Rood Cross hangs from the beam at the entrance to the chancel. It was designed by Anthony Adamson, noted professor of architecture and historian and long-time member of Trinity Church, for the new chancel completed in 1949.
The cross, called the Burrows Memorial, was to give the feeling of the early English church which would have had a 'rood screen' separating the chancel from the nave (the word 'rood' is an archaic word meaning the Cross of Christ).
Hampton Swayne, a local craftsman and parishioner made the cross. Painted in the colours of heraldry - red, white and blue with the emphasis in gold leaf, as in Gothic times, it contains some beautiful symbolism.
In the upper rectangle is the crown of thorns which Jesus wore. At the extremity of each arm are the nails from the cross. In the lower rectangle are stylized lilies or 'fleur de lis', a symbol of the Resurrection. The ten open quartrefoils forming the cross are representative of medieval tracery.
In a small plate at the base of the cross are the words:
Striking and beautiful, the Rood Cross hangs from the beam at the entrance to the