Church of St Thomas is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1967. Church.
Church of St Thomas
- WRENN ID
- distant-bonework-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wyre
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1967
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Thomas, Church Street, Garstang
- OS grid reference
- SD 490 450
- Coordinates
- 53.89911, -2.77621
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Thomas, built in 1770 by Richard Gillow, features an added chancel from 1876. Constructed from sandstone rubble with slate roofs, the church includes a west tower, a nave, and a lower chancel with a north transept. The tower and nave are characterized by chamfered quoins. The bell openings are framed with plain stone surrounds, round heads, keystones, and impost blocks. Each of the three walls has an oculus with a plain stone surround. The north and south doors also have similar stone surrounds. The nave consists of three bays and is adorned with tall windows resembling the bell openings, featuring a central timber mullion that branches into Y-tracery, likely a later modification. The transept has a tall single light with a round head in its north wall, while the east window contains three similar lights. Inside, there is a west gallery with a panelled front supported by two slim iron columns. The nave boasts a ribbed ceiling that conceals the upper parts of the roof trusses. The chancel arch is round and plastered. Additionally, the baluster font displays a painted Latin inscription with the date, believed to be 1770.
Local climate
Church of St Thomas sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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