Church Of St Thomas And St Elizabeth

Roman Catholic church, built between 1847 and 1848 by Charles Hansom. The church is constructed of sandstone rubble with a slate roof. It was originally built with the chancel at the south, but is described assuming a conventional orientation.

The church comprises a nave, a lower chancel, north and south aisles, a tower with a stone spire at the west end of the north side of the nave, and a north porch. The three-stage tower has a semi-octagonal stair turret and weathered offsets. The bell openings are within sunken panels with corbel tables, and consist of two pointed lights with a quatrefoil under a pointed head. The octagonal spire has two stages of lucarnes. The west wall features a window of three trefoiled lights under a pointed head, and a similar window to the south aisle. The west doorway is moulded with a pointed head. The north side has five aisle bays separated by buttresses, with windows of two cusped lights and a quatrefoil under a pointed head. The nave clearstorey has five quatrefoiled windows. The chancel is one bay wide to the east of the aisle, and a gabled porch with a moulded pointed arch and a statue niche sits on the west side of the aisle. The south side has six clearstorey windows and five aisle windows. A moulded doorway with a pointed head and a shallow stone porch is located to the right of the first window. The east window is of four trefoiled lights under a pointed head with Y-tracery and three large quatrefoils.

Inside, a west gallery contains an organ with a timber front supported on three stone arches. The nave arcades consist of five bays with pointed arches, chamfered in two orders, and possess round piers. Above the pointed chancel arch is a wall painting of the Last Judgement, below which is a screen of tracery supporting a rood. The roof is an open timber construction with scissor-braced rafters and no trusses. The chancel contains a piscina and triple sedilia, and a reredos flanked by carved figures. The chancel roof has painted timber panels. A north chapel has stencil decoration. The windows contain stained glass of various dates from the late 19th century.