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Church of St Thomas of Canterbury

A Grade II Listed Building in Wolsingham, County Durham

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.7318 / 54°43'54"N

Longitude: -1.8835 / 1°53'0"W

OS Eastings: 407599

OS Northings: 537434

OS Grid: NZ075374

Mapcode National: GBR HF9Q.0K

Mapcode Global: WHC4S.1BCB

Plus Code: 9C6WP4J8+PH

Entry Name: Church of St Thomas of Canterbury

Listing Date: 5 June 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1233307

English Heritage Legacy ID: 408788

ID on this website: 101233307

Location: St Thomas's Roman Catholic Church, Wolsingham, County Durham, DL13

County: County Durham

Civil Parish: Wolsingham

Built-Up Area: Wolsingham

Traditional County: Durham

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): County Durham

Church of England Parish: Wolsingham

Church of England Diocese: Durham

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Description


WOLSINGHAM RECTORY LANE
NZ 0737
(North side)
Wolsingham
39/392 Church of St. Thomas
of Canterbury

GV II

R.C. parish church. 1854 by Joseph Hansom. Coursed squared sandstone with
ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roof with flat stone gable copings. Decorated
style. 6-bay nave with north aisle; south aisle and first stage of unfinished
south-west tower; 2-bay chancel with north vestry. Boarded double door in second
bay of south aisle in roll-moulded 2-centred arch; massive buttresses and
chamfered plinth to first stage of tower in first bay. 2-light aisle windows,
in bays defined by buttresses; 2-light chancel windows, 5-light east window; 4-
light west window flanked by 3-light windows in aisle and tower under pent roofs;
Decorated tracery of varied patterns. Small trefoil in west gable peak and
cinquefoil in east, under steeply-pitched roofs with elaborate stone cross
finials. Interior: painted plaster with ashlar arcades; scissor-truss nave
roof and panelled keeled chancel roof. Arcades, of 6 arches on north and 4 on
south, have chamfered 2-centred arches on octagonal columns and cushion-moulded
capitals. Very high chancel arch in similar style. Cusped 2-centred vestry
door. Plain 2-centred tower arches on east and north. Late C19 glass in south
aisle east window; earlier glass in east window.


Listing NGR: NZ0759937434

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