St Thomas of Canterbury’s Church, Camelford | |
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50°37′26.6″N04°40′38″W / 50.624056°N 4.67722°W Coordinates: 50°37′26.6″N04°40′38″W / 50.624056°N 4.67722°W | |
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.
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).
The church is in a joint benefice with:
The church has two good windows by famous designers:
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