St Thomas of Canterbury's Church, Camelford

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St Thomas of Canterbury’s Church, Camelford
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St Thomas of Canterbury’s Church, Camelford
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St Thomas of Canterbury’s Church, Camelford
Location within Cornwall
50°37′26.6″N04°40′38″W / 50.624056°N 4.67722°W / 50.624056; -4.67722 Coordinates: 50°37′26.6″N04°40′38″W / 50.624056°N 4.67722°W / 50.624056; -4.67722
Location Camelford, Cornwall
Country England
Denomination Church of England
History
Dedication St Thomas of Canterbury
Consecrated 6 August 1938
Architecture
Architect(s) Sir Charles Nicholson, 2nd Baronet
Administration
Parish Lanteglos by Camelford with Advent
Deanery Trigg Minor and Bodmin [1]
Archdeaconry Bodmin
Diocese Truro
Province Canterbury

St Thomas of Canterbury's Church, Camelford is a church in the Church of England Diocese of Truro in Camelford, Cornwall. [2] It is a chapel-of-ease in the parish of Lanteglos-by-Camelford.

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History

The church was built between 1937 and 1938 to the designs of the architect Charles Nicholson. The Cowlard family of Launceston). [3] gave the medieval font. Pevsner describes it as

A minor delight. It sits well on a slightly elevated site above the main road, its modest scale and use of local Delabole slate combining well with an understated Romanesque style... [2]

There was in medieval times a chapel of St Thomas in the town which probably fell into disuse after the Reformation (it is recorded in 1312).

Parish status

The church is in a joint benefice with:

Stained glass

The church has two good windows by famous designers:

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References

  1. "Camelford: St Thomas of Canterbury". A Church Near You. The Church of England. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  2. 1 2 Beacham, Peter; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2014). The Buildings of England. Cornwall. Yale University Press. p. 142. ISBN   9780300126686.
  3. Madford; Launceston Then!