Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Marple
Description: Church of St Thomas the Apostle
Grade: II
Date Listed: 20 December 1967
English Heritage Building ID: 441329
OS Grid Reference: SJ9818688900
OS Grid Coordinates: 398186, 388900
Latitude/Longitude: 53.3969, -2.0287
Location: Church Road, Stockport SK6 5NQ
Locality: Marple
Local Authority: Stockport
County: Greater Manchester
Country: England
Postcode: SK6 5NQ
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Listing Text
SJ 98 NE MARPLE CHURCH ROAD
(west side)
Mellor
7/72 Church of
St. Thomas
20.12.67 the Apostle
G.V. II
Church. Tower C15 on C12 foundations, otherwise rebuilt
early C19. Coursed rubble tower otherwise watershot stone
with ashlar dressings. Nave with west tower, porch and
chancel (formerlywith 3-sided gallery). 4-bay nave with
round-headed windows and 1-bay chancel with pointed windows
all with impost blocks and keystones. Porch between bays 3
and 4 has a segmental-headed doorway, commemorative plaque
of 1815, a round-headed window and coped gable with
kneelers. Pointed-arch east window with keystone. 3-stage
tower has C17 door surround within a C15 arch, diagonal
weathered buttresses, quoins, a castellated parapet with
enriched finials. C15 mullion and transom west window, 2-
light belfry openings and clock faces. Interior: pointed
tower arch. 3 box pews, Anglo-Saxon drum-shaped font with
crude carvings of a man on horseback, early C14 pulpit
carved out of a single piece of oak has traceried panels and
was restored in C19. Stained glass late C19.
Listing NGR: SJ9818688900
Source: English Heritage
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