Description

ELLAND ROCHDALE ROAD
SE 085213 (north side)

1/89 Church of St. Thomas

II

Church, 1860 by T. Rushforth. Gothic revival. Nave, chancel, south transept chapel
and west tower. Hammer-dressed stone and steep slate roof. Windows with geometric
tracery, paired to the nave. East window of 3-lights, transept window of 4-lights.
Sanctus bellcote. Tower of 3 stages, unbuttressed, terminating in four squat
pinnacles. Belfry windows of 2 louvred lights.

Interior: 4-bay arcade with early French Gothic capitals. South aisle has leanto
roof and is lit by triple circular windows each of 3 lobes. Arch to transept chapel
now blocked at lower level by organ. Chancel has north aisle forming a chapel, reached
by two arches with pierced tympana. Sedilia under round arch. East window has marble
shafts with rings as has the chancel arch. Stained glass of the crucifixion in this
window. Open roof to arch-braced trusses springing from carved corbels.

Furnishings: Pulpit with stubby shafts of different marbles. Choir stalls with round
arched arcading from St. John, West Vale (q.v.). H. M. Gledhill and J. Barnett,
'St, Thomas' Church, Greetland', (Ripponden, 1961).

Listing NGR: SE0853721345

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26480181

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)