Church Of St Thomas

The Church of St Thomas is an Anglican parish church built between 1899 and 1904 by architect C.E. Ponting. It is constructed of rock-faced limestone with a tiled roof. The church features a northwest tower, an aisleless nave, a chancel with a north organ chamber, and a southwest vestry, all designed in a free Gothic style.

The west side of the two-stage tower has a multi-chamfered pointed doorway with an image niche above it. The north side of the tower includes two cusped lancets set within a pointed panel, with a pair of arrowloops above. The bell stage has large louvred lancets on each side, and there is a moulded string course with gargoyles along the parapet, which has corner turrets. An oak-shingled fleche is present, and a foundation stone dated 1903 is located on the northwest corner.

On the north side of the nave, there are two 3-light mullioned windows with cusped ogee lights to the right, and a gable to the left featuring two 2-light plate tracery windows. The projection for the organ chamber on the left has battered corners and arrow loops. The chancel is supported by gableted buttresses and has one cusped lancet on the north side, a 4-light free Gothic east window, and three cusped lancets on the south side.

The south side of the nave has three 2-light mullioned windows with cusped ogee lights, a gable with two 2-light plate tracery windows to the right, and a large ashlar gableted buttress at the east corner.

Inside, the church features a groin-vaulted porch at the base of the tower with a circular bell opening. The nave has a five-bay roof supported by deep arch-braced collar trusses and exposed rafters, with rendered walls. A double chamfered chancel arch leads to the chancel, which has a barrel-vaulted ceiling with ribbed panels, a piscina set into the southeast windowsill, and the organ chamber on the north side.

Notable fittings include an octagonal limestone font with a 17th-century-style strapwork cover, believed to be from Chilton Foliat, and a plain polygonal wooden pulpit. The east window contains good unsigned stained glass, and there is an immersion baptistry at the west end.