Church of St Thomas the Martyr, Up Holland

Church of St Thomas the Martyr, Up Holland
Church of St Thomas the Martyr, Up Holland
	Church of St Thomas the Martyr from the northeast
	Church of St Thomas the Martyr, Up Holland Location in West Lancashire
	Coordinates: 53°32′26″N2°43′16″W / 53.5405°N 2.7211°W
OS grid reference	SD 523 051
Location	School Lane, Up Holland, Lancashire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Churchmanship	Modern Catholic
Website	St Thomas the Martyr, Up Holland
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1307
Founder(s)	Robert de Holland
Dedication	Saint Thomas the Martyr
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade I
Designated	7 January 1952
Architect(s)	Basil Champneys (restoration and addition of the chancel)
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic, Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1307
Completed	1886
Specifications
Materials	Stone, slate roofs
Administration
Diocese	Diocese of Liverpool
Archdeaconry	Warrington
Deanery	Ormskirk
Parish	Up Holland
Clergy
Priest(s)	Paul Lock
Assistant priest(s)	Ruth Byworth and Jack Shepherd
Curate(s)	Chris Dunbar
Assistant	Becky Poole
Laity
Reader(s)	David Barker, Nick Daunt and Paul Givens
Churchwarden(s)	Brenda Entwistle and Dennis Roughley

Last updated November 23, 2022

The Church of St Thomas the Martyr is in School Lane, Up Holland, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Ormskirk, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool.^[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.^[2]

History

The building was founded in 1307 as a college for a dean and twelve secular priests by Robert de Holland, who was secretary to Thomas Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster. However, in 1319 the college was converted into a priory by Walter Langton, Bishop of Lichfield, because of charges of misbehaviour by the priests.^[3] Up Holland Priory was part of the Benedictine order, and was the last foundation of that order in England.^[4] The priory was closed in 1536 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, but part of its church continued in use for worship.^[3] A tower had been added during the 15th century, and the chancel became what is the nave of the present church. The interior of the church was reordered in 1772, when galleries and box pews were installed, and a plaster ceiling was added. Up Holland became a separate parish in 1882, with St Thomas' as its parish church.^[5] The aisles were restored during the 19th century.^[2] In 1882–86 the chancel was added by Basil Champneys,^[6] with a crypt beneath it acting as a vestry.^[5] Champneys also removed the galleries.^[6]

Architecture

Exterior

The church is constructed in stone, with slate roofs. Its plan consists of a four-bay nave with north and south aisles, a two-bay chancel with a crypt beneath, a polygonal stair turret leading to the crypt, and a west tower. The tower is in four stages, with diagonal stepped buttresses. It has a west doorway carved with masks, shields, figures and Tudor roses. Above this is a large three-light window containing reticulated tracery. The two-light bell openings contain louvres, and above them is a small top stage containing clock faces. The parapet is embattled with pinnacles at the corners. Along the sides of the aisles and at their east ends are 19th-century windows with reticulated tracery. The chancel has two-light windows on its sides, and a large five-light east window.^[2]

Interior

Inside the church the arcades are carried on quatrefoil piers. In each aisle are two painted hatchments. The south aisle contains a Commandment board and two benediction lists, and the north aisle has the Royal arms of George I. At the west end of the nave is a churchwardens' pew dated 1679, and in the base of the tower is a churchwardens' cupboard dated 1720.^[2] Also in the south aisle is a piscina with a double basin. There are fragments of medieval stained glass in a south window. The windows in the chancel were designed by Henry Holiday in 1884 and 1903–04.^[6]

External features

The limited remains of the rest of the priory are situated to the south of the church. They have been designated at Grade II,^[7] and are a scheduled monument.^[4] The churchyard contains the war graves of five soldiers of World War I, and two soldiers and an airman of World War II.^[8]

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References

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1 2 3 Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 597–598, ISBN 0-300-10910-5
↑ Historic England, "Up Holland Priory Remains (1219780)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 June 2012
↑ UPHOLLAND (ST. THOMAS) CHURCHYARD, Commonwealth War Graves Commission , retrieved 17 February 2013

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[1] St Thomas the Martyr Up Holland, Up Holland, Church of England , retrieved 17 June 2012

[nhl-2] 1 2 3 4 Historic England, "Church of St Thomas the Martyr, Up Holland (1201666)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 17 June 2012

[hist-3] 1 2 A Brief History of St Thomas the Martyr, St Thomas the Martyr Parish Church, retrieved 17 June 2012

[sam-4] 1 2 Historic England, "Up Holland Benedictine Priory (1013649)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 June 2012

[hist2-5] 1 2 A Brief History (continued), St Thomas the Martyr Parish Church, archived from the original on 20 September 2013, retrieved 17 June 2012

[pev-6] 1 2 3 Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 597–598, ISBN 0-300-10910-5

[7] Historic England, "Up Holland Priory Remains (1219780)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 June 2012

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