Church of St Thomas is a Grade II listed building in the Gosport local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 April 1983. Church.

Church of St Thomas

WRENN ID
spare-mullion-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gosport
Constituency
Gosport MP: Dame Caroline Dinenage (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 April 1983
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Thomas, Elson Road
OS grid reference
SU 600 019
Coordinates
50.81368, -1.14846
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Thomas, built around 1845, is a simple aisleless rectangular structure with five bays designed in the Early Gothic style. It features a steep tiled roof with a bell turret at the western end. The walls are constructed of brownstone rubble with ashlar dressings. A parapet, supported on brackets, adds to the design. Tall lancet openings have hood moulds that extend from the springer level, serving as a weathering band. Below this level, the church is adorned with stepped buttresses, a cill band, and a plinth. The eastern gable showcases a quatrefoil above three lancet windows, while the western gable features a large traceried light above a moulded arched doorway.

Local climate

Church of St Thomas receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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