St Thomas' Church, Milnthorpe

St Thomas' Church
Tower of St Thomas' Church
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54°13′36″N2°46′13″W / 54.2268°N 2.7702°W / 54.2268; -2.7702
Location	Milnthorpe, Cumbria
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Thomas, Milnthorpe
History
Status	Parish church
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	George Webster Joseph Bintley Austin and Paley
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1835
Specifications
Materials	Limestone, sandstone dressings
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	Carlisle
Archdeaconry	Westmorland and Furness
Deanery	Kendal
Parish	Heversham and Milnthorpe

St Thomas' Church is in the village of Milnthorpe, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Kendal, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. ^[1]

History

The church was built in 1835–37 to a design by the Kendal architect George Webster, providing accommodation for a congregation of 600. The chancel was added in 1883 by Joseph Bintley. ^[2] In 1912 the Lancaster architects Austin and Paley carried out alterations at the west end of the church. ^[3] The west gallery was removed in 1982 and the church was sub-divided by a wall. ^[2]

Architecture

St Thomas' is constructed in limestone with sandstone dressings. The church has a nave, a chancel, and a west tower. The nave contains paired lancet windows and has thin buttresses. The chancel is in Early English style. Many of the windows contain stained glass; these include two by F. Barrow of Milnthorpe dated 1872 and 1885, two by A. Burrow dated 1886 and 1890, and others by Heaton, Butler and Bayne (1879), Shrigley and Hunt (1898), and Abbott and Company (1928). ^[2] There is a ring of six bells, cast in 1912 by John Taylor & Co of Loughborough. ^[4]

See also

• Cumbria portal

• List of works by George Webster
• List of ecclesiastical works by Austin and Paley (1895–1914)

References

1. St Thomas, Milnthorpe, Church of England , retrieved 18 August 2012
2. Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2010) [1967], Cumbria, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 527–528, ISBN   978-0-300-12663-1
3. Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: English Heritage, p. 248, ISBN   978-1-84802-049-8
4. Milnthorpe, S Thomas, Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers , retrieved 18 August 2012

External links

• Visit Cumbria: with photographs of the church