Church of St Thomas, Thurstonland
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The Church of St Thomas, Thurstonland, West Yorkshire, England, is an Anglican church. It is an Arts and Crafts building in Gothic Revival style, designed by James Mallinson and William Swinden Barber, and completed in 1870. The building was funded by William Legge, 5th Earl of Dartmouth, and it was consecrated by Robert Bickersteth, Bishop of Ripon. The total height of the tower and spire is 109 feet (33 m), and the nave contains an arch-braced hammerbeam roof.[1]
Church of St Thomas, Thurstonland | |
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53°35′35″N 1°45′02″W | |
OS grid reference | SE 166108 |
Location | Marsh Hall Lane, Thurstonland, West Yorkshire, HD4 6XD |
Country | England |
Denomination | Anglican |
Website | A Church Near You: St Thomas Thurstonland |
History | |
Consecrated | 3 October 1870 |
Architecture | |
Heritage designation | Grade II listed, #1135375 |
Architect(s) | Mallinson and Barber |
Architectural type | Parish church |
Style | Gothic Revival, Arts and Crafts |
Groundbreaking | 1869 |
Completed | 1870 |
Construction cost | £3,000 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | designed for 385 |
Administration | |
Diocese | Anglican Diocese of Leeds |
Archdeaconry | Halifax 401 |
Deanery | Kirkburton 40107 |
Parish | St Thomas Thurstonland |
Clergy | |
Vicar(s) | Revd Canon J. Sean Robertshaw |
The first incumbent of the parish to use this building was Rev. Robert Boyle Thompson, an evangelical missionary who had already done "great work" in the slums of Seven Dials when he was granted the living of Thurstonland at the age of 28 years.[2]