Church of St Thomas

The Church of St Thomas is a robust building constructed in the Early English style, likely in the 13th century, intended to suit its rural, upland setting. It is built of rock-faced rubble stone with ashlar dressings, covered by slate roofs with terracotta crestings. The church comprises a nave with a north aisle, which share a single roof slope. A gabled porch, featuring timber framing, is located on the northwest side. A tiered, pyramidal bellcote is situated to the east of the nave, with the roof stepping down beyond it. A lower chancel is present, with an organ chamber projecting as a gable in the northern angle with the nave. The north aisle features paired lancet windows; a similar window is present in the organ chamber, with a quatrefoil above. A small quatrefoil is pierced in ashlar to the right of the porch. The west end has high-set paired lancets with a cinquefoil above. The south wall features plate tracery composed of paired lancets and roundels, set in ashlar. The chancel has narrow lancets, embellished with simple hood moulds and a continuous sill band. The foundation stone lies beneath the plate traceried east window, which features a triple lancet design with a quatrefoil.

Inside, the nave and north aisle are under a single roof. A four-bay arcade is defined by cylindrical shafts, supporting single-chamfered arches, with corbelled responds at either end. The roof is heavily timbered with curved braces carrying collars and semi-circular bracing above. A wide chancel arch springs from corbels. A screen has low base panels and tall, open panels with traceried heads. This screen incorporates a pulpit in its northern bay, inscribed as a war memorial. Choir stalls are believed to be from a church in Overton on Dee. A plain reredos was added in 1917. Encaustic tiles by William Godwin were recorded, but are currently obscured by carpeting. Figurative stained glass is present in the east window (dated 1918), while the pastel coloured glass in the nave and aisle windows, and the simply floriated windows to south of the chancel are likely contemporary with the church.