Church of St Thomas is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1989. Church.
Church of St Thomas
- WRENN ID
- winter-garret-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1989
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Thomas, Selside and Fawcett Forest
- OS grid reference
- SD 535 992
- Coordinates
- 54.38624, -2.71678
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Thomas is a church built in 1838, with a tower added in 1894. It features plastered stone, while the tower is constructed from stone rubble with slobbered mortar, some roughcast, and ashlar dressings, topped with a slate roof. The church has a four-bay nave and a west tower. The nave includes a coped east gable with kneelers and a cross, along with a diagonal buttress on the south side. There is a narrow stack to the north of a three-light traceried window that has single-chamfered mullions. A later lean-to outbuilding is attached to the north end. The south facade of the nave has lancet windows with chamfered reveals, while the north facade features an organ loft beneath a catslide roof. This side has two bays, with a three-light single-chamfered mullioned window that includes a transom.
The tower has a bell stage above a weathered band, which is plastered on the west side, and it is topped with an embattled parapet and a squat pyramidal roof with a weather vane. The west window consists of three round-headed lights, and there is a four-light window on the north side, accompanied by a weathered buttress at the angle. A south stair turret, covered by a lean-to roof, has a window with two round-headed lights. The gabled porch features a Tudor-headed entrance and a lozenge with the date 1838. The bell stage has three louvred openings on each face, except for the east side, which has only two.
Inside, there is a stepped round arch on corbels leading to the tower, which has fluted beams. The vestry is partitioned off. The font is made of marble and is in the form of a four-lobed chalice. The nave has a boarded roof with tie beams and hat pegs on the backs of the pews. There are enriched stall fronts and a reredos, along with turned balusters on the altar rail. The east window features stained glass depicting the Good Shepherd, dated 1867. An older square font, dated 1709, is supported by a chamfered pier. A wooden wall memorial commemorates Ienet Kitchin, who died in 1712 at the age of 103, and includes a panel with an entablature and apron featuring a skull and crossbones.
Local climate
Church of St Thomas sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,440 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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