Church Of St Thomas

The Church of St. Thomas is a church built between 1833 and 1834 by Hayley and Brown for the Church Commissioners. It is constructed of ashlar stone with a slate roof and features a three-sided gallery plan with a central west tower and a 20th-century extension at the west end. The nave has seven bays, each with a stone plinth, weathered buttresses (diagonal at the corners), and a lancet window topped with a continuous hoodmould. The corners of the building are adorned with plain gableted pinnacles. Originally, the chancel recess ended in octagonal piers with pinnacles, but a one-bay chancel was added in a similar style, featuring a three-lancet east window. The three-stage tower, partly obscured by 20th-century additions, includes a clock opening, lancets for the belfry, angled weathered buttresses, and a castellated parapet with corner pinnacles. Inside, there is a three-sided gallery supported by octagonal timber columns, a treble-chamfered chancel arch, and a panelled ceiling. The church also contains an alabaster font and a wall monument created by A. Gatley in 1851.