Derek Haigh of Lindisfarne raises another Holy Trinity aspect – it’s interior heritage protection
I AM surprised nobody seems to have questioned part of a letter Alderman John Freeman’s had in the Mercury on January 9 when responding to concerns over future ownership of Holy Trinity Church.
In the third paragraph he said another denomination undertaking repairs of the church for use again as a place of worship was welcomed. But then he stated: “Suggestions that the building will be altered are wrong as it has the highest heritage protection.”
The Holy Trinity Support Group, and others, have voiced concern over possible alterations to the church’s rich heritage interior if owned by the Greek Orthodox Church of Australia.
And it’s a rich historic interior I am talking about – notably the War Memorial Windows honouring the fallen of World War I, the Blackwood Chapel that incorporates other war memorials, the holy altar, the organ (plus much more).
So is Alderman Freeman, chairman of Hobart City Council’s heritage committee, saying the interior cannot by altered as there is the “highest heritage protection”?
If so – and I suggest that’s the logical conclusion from reading his words – then he should give details of how the interior protection will be ensured under any new ownership of Hobart’s much-loved landmark.
