Those who come into the church through the main doors, under the tower, are greeted by a life size statue of Prince Albert in garter robes. It is on long loan from the Royal Albert Institute, is made of marble, and was sculpted by Signor Romanelli of Florence. There is a copy of the statue above the door to Royal Albert House in Sheet Street.

Prince Albert laid the foundation stone on 4 April 1842 (in the middle of Spinners Field—the houses around the church came a couple of years after the church). We don’t know where the stone is but hope to find it when the paved area around the church is developed into a community garden soon.

The inscription on the foundation stone is in Latin but translates as:

Of this Church

Built and dedicated to the most Holy Trinity

By the voluntary contributions

Of the faithful in this neighbourhood

To the intent that

The daily increasing numbers of Parishioners

And the Military quartered at Windsor

Might no longer want a place

Where both together might join

In the common prayer of Christians

The first stone was laid

By His Royal Highness

The Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg Gotha

The August Consort

Of our Sovereign Lady

Queen Victoria

On the IV day of April in the year of our Lord

MDCCCXLII (1842)

The stone was laid in the presence of 7,000 people including the two regiments stationed in the town at the time: the Royal Horse Guards and the 72nd Highlanders.

Prince Albert took an interest in the church as it was built and it is thought he probably designed the decorative ceiling (pictured beside the statue).