Parish Church of St Thomas is a Grade I listed building in the Stockport local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1952. A Georgian Church. 1 related planning application.
Parish Church of St Thomas
- WRENN ID
- scattered-frieze-solstice
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Stockport
- Constituency
- Stockport MP: Navendu Mishra (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1952
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Parish Church of St Thomas, St Thomas's Place, SK1 3TZ
- OS grid reference
- SJ 897 896
- Coordinates
- 53.40356, -2.15503
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St Thomas is a large, classically-styled church built between 1822 and 1825 by George Basevi. It is the only surviving Commissioners church designed by him and considered the grandest classical church in the Manchester region, being the sole church in Cheshire funded by the first grant of the Million pound Act of 1818, costing £15,000. The design shows similarities to Hawksmoor's St Alphage in Greenwich. The church is constructed of ashlar and consists of a four-bay nave with aisles, north and south porches, and a tall west tower rising to a clock stage and cupola. The east end, originally the main entrance, features a large hexastyle Ionic portico with a pediment. The interior is notable for its Corinthian colonnade supporting galleries. It also includes an Ionic altar-piece. The chancel was remodelled in 1890 by Medland Taylor, and the original seating has been replaced.
Local climate
Parish Church of St Thomas sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2013
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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