Church Of St Thomas

The Church of St Thomas is a Grade II listed building constructed between 1868 and 1870 by Thomas Smith for the Clark family of Bellefield. It is built from local squared and coursed rubble with Bath stone dressings and features a concrete tile roof that replaced the original slates. The church has a nearly symmetrical cruciform plan, which includes a northeast baptistry and a southeast vestry. The spirelet was lost in 1970. Designed in the Early Pointed style, the church has four buttressed gables, each featuring graduated triple lancets, with a central two-light window flanked by trefoiled lancets. The return elevations have Decorated two-light windows set in gabled half dormers, arranged in doubles and triplets. There are two gabled porches set in lean-to projections, featuring moulded arches supported by engaged shafts with foliate capitals.

Inside, the church has an open crossing with shallow l-bay transepts and chancel, and a two-bay nave divided by pointed ashlar arches with dogtooth moulding that form arched braces to the principal stone rafters. The crossing is also formed by similar arches with a moulded boss, and compound columns with red and grey sandstone shafts and foliate capitals. The nave aisles, vestry, and baptistry feature two-centre arches. The floors are tiled, and wainscotting is present with painted walls above, which were repainted around 1975.

The church contains a full set of furnishings, including pews with two-centre arched panels along the front and rear rows, and brass umbrella rails at the ends. There are two matching chairs for the priest, a large square altar table with marble column legs and panelled sides, a lectern with a marble shaft and foliate capital, a reading desk in the same style, and an altar rail. The stone pulpit is bowed at the front, featuring inscriptions and carved scenes, and is supported by a marble shaft with black columns around it, leading to the lectum at the front, with steps up that have a brass rail. A circular stone font is located in the baptistry, and the organ was made by Griffin and Stround of Bath.