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Holy Trinity Church in Sibford Gower, designed by H. J. Underwood of Oxford, was erected at Sibford Gower in 1839–40 on the land given by the Revd. William Gilkes. It is a stone building in the Early English style and consists of nave, transepts, and shallow chancel. A turret at the west end of the nave contains a clock and one bell. Bishop Wilberforce considered it aesthetically a failure, built 10 years too soon. In 1879 a new porch was built in memory of Elizabeth Dix. In 1906 choir stalls of unstained oak and a new organ were presented by the parishioners, and electric lighting was introduced in 1934. In 1938 the organ was removed to the gallery. There are painted glass windows in memory of the Revd. Richard Eliot (d. 1869), Elizabeth and Joseph Pettipher (d. 1851 and 1878), and Flying Officer Hugh Oddie (d. 1943).

The registers are complete from 1841.

Historical information about Holy Trinity Church is provided by Christina Colvin, Janet Cooper, N H Cooper, P D A Harvey, Marjory Hollings, Judith Hook, Mary Jessup, Mary D Lobel, J F A Mason, B S Trinder and Hilary Turner, 'Parishes: Swalcliffe', in A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 10, Banbury Hundred, ed. Alan Crossley (London, 1972), pp. 225-260. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol10/pp225-260 [accessed 21 February 2023].

Holy Trinity Church is a Grade II listed building. For more information about the listing see CHURCH OF HOLY TRINITY, Sibford Gower - 1184512 | Historic England.

For more information about Holy Trinity Church see Parishes: Swalcliffe | British History Online (british-history.ac.uk).