Church of St Thomas is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1953. A Medieval Church.

Church of St Thomas

WRENN ID
sacred-keystone-swallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
York
Constituency
York Outer MP: Mr Luke Charters (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 January 1953
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St Thomas, Murton Way, Osbaldwick
OS grid reference
SE 635 518
Coordinates
53.95902, -1.0337
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Thomas is a church that originated in the 12th century and underwent extensive restoration in 1877 by J Oldrid Scott, with further alterations and additions made in 1967 by A Mennim. It is constructed from hammer-dressed limestone and features a plain tile roof. The church has a medieval four-bay nave and chancel, a south transept that includes a vestry and porch to the south, and an organ chamber added in 1967.

The west front displays a two-light plate-traceried window set beneath a round arch with a hood-mould and label stops, topped by an oculus and bellcote. To the right is a 20th-century porch. On the north side of the nave, there are three windows similar to those on the west front, with the central window being a restoration, along with two full-length 20th-century windows. The south side of the nave is obscured by a flat-roofed vestry. A three-light Perpendicular window in the south wall of the south transept has been relocated from the now-blind east front.

Inside, the church was substantially remodelled in 1967, adopting an L-shaped plan. It features a Jacobean pulpit and communion rail, and the east side of the south transept has a relocated round-arched doorway. There is a monument in the south wall dedicated to Mary Ward, which reads: "To love the poore, persever in the same, live, dy and rise with them was all the ayme of Mary Ward who having lived 60 years and 8 days dyed the 20th of Jan 1641."

Local climate

Church of St Thomas receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% 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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