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List entry Summary

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Name: CHURCH OF ST THOMAS

List entry Number: 1072810

Location

CHURCH OF ST THOMAS, HELMSHORE ROAD

The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County	District	District Type	Parish
Lancashire	Rossendale	District Authority

National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.

Grade: II

Date first listed: 30-Nov-1984

Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.

Legacy System Information

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System: LBS

UID: 185677

Asset Groupings

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List entry Description

Summary of Building

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History

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Details

SD 72 SE HASLINGDEN HELMSHORE ROAD

5/99 Church of St. Thomas - - II

Church, 1850-51, by E.H. Shellard. Rock-faced sandstone, 2-span slate roof. West tower with broach spire, nave and chancel, with north aisle under separate roof. Decorated style, with reticulated tracery. Tower of 3 unequal stages with angle buttresses to the high 1st stage, has moulded arched west doorway with roll-moulded surround carried up from very low string course, a small lancet high above the door, similar lancets to the 2nd stage, 2-light belfry louvres, and a broach spire with 2-light lucarnes in the cardinal sides (modern clock faces below these). Five-bay nave with one buttress, gabled porch to 2nd bay, 2-light traceried windows; matching north aisle has 2-light west window and 3-light east window; chancel has larger 3-light window (all these with reticulated tracery). Interior: 5-bay aisle arcade of octagonal columns and double-chamfered arches with roll-moulding carried over the heads and linked by figured stops; arch-braced roof, the wall-posts carried on corbels, some carved; elaborate carved wooden chancel screen and canopied choir stalls. Commissioners' church, cost £2,500 (Pevsner).

Listing NGR: SD7828721244

Selected Sources

1. Article  Reference - Author: Nikolaus Pevsner - Title: South Lancashire The Industrial and Commercial South - Date: 1969 - Journal Title: The Buildings of England

National Grid Reference: SD 78287 21244

Map

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