Description

LONGHORSLEY LONGHORSLEY
NZ 19 SW
5/84 Church of St.Thomas
of Canterbury (R.C.)
GV II
Roman Catholic Church, 1841. West end squared stone, remainder coursed rubble;
slate roof. Cruciform with lateral sacristies rather than transepts, south-
east porch. Lancet Gothic. West end has old door with raised design of
intersecting panels under pointed arch with hollow-chamfered hood. 3 stepped
lancets above with linked hoodmoulds; open-pedimented gable with finial cross.
Side walls with stepped buttresses and lancets; porch with 10-panel door under
pointed arch. Sacristies each have door with shouldered head, and paired lancets
to west. Triplet of lancets to east.

Listed partly for historical associations with Horsley Tower (q.v.).

Listing NGR: NZ1464094657

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26446347

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)