- St Thomas' Church, St Anne's-on-the-Sea
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St Thomas', St Anne's-on-the-Sea 
Location in Lancashire
Coordinates: 53°44′51″N 3°01′28″W / 53.7474°N 3.0244°W OS grid reference SD 32538 28381 Location St Anne's-on-the-Sea, Lancashire Country England Denomination Anglican Architecture Status Parish church Functional status Active Heritage designation Grade II Architect(s) Austin and Paley Completed 1905 Administration Deanery Kirkham Archdeaconry Lancaster Diocese Blackburn Province York St Thomas' Church is an Anglican church in St Anne's-on-the-Sea, a town on the Fylde coastal plain in Lancashire, England. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn and the archdeaconry of Lancaster. It has been designated a Grade II listed building by English Heritage.
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History and administration
St Anne's-on-the-Sea was developed as a seaside resort in the 19th century, and its first church was St Anne's, completed in 1873. The parish of St Thomas dates from 1893 when a small mission church of wood and corrugated iron was built in Orchard Road. When it was clear that a larger and more permanent church was needed, a list was started for subscriptions. Land for the new church was provided by local landowner John Talbot Clifton and brewer Robert Slater Boddington gave £500.[1] Construction begain in 1899 to a design by Lancaster-based firm Austin and Paley.[2] The church was dedicated to St Thomas in 1900 by James Moorhouse, the Bishop of Manchester.[1] Extensions in 1905 included the addition of the tower.[1]
On 15 February 1993, St Thomas' was designated a Grade II listed building by English Heritage.[2] The Grade II designation—the third highest of the three grades—is for buildings that are "nationally important and of special interest".[3] An active church in the Church of England, St Thomas' is part of the diocese of Blackburn, which is in the Province of York. It is in the archdeaconry of Lancaster and the Deanery of Kirkham. Both the parish and benefice are called St Thomas.[4]
Architecture
Exterior
St Thomas' is constructed of red Accrington brick in English garden wall bond, with stonework around the windows in cream Yorkshire stone, and arches, arcades and pillars of red sandstone; the roofs are of red tile.[1][2] The plan consists of a nave, with a tower to the north-west, aisles to the north and south, and a chancel with north transept.[2]
The nave has six bays and clerestoried windows.[2] The tower is square and has diagonal buttresses.[1] It has intricate three-light belfry louvres, and a parapet with pinnacles.[5] The tower is attached to the nave by a covered arcade.[1]
Interior and furnishings
Stained glass in the church includes work by Powells, G. P. Hutchinson, Carl Edwards and Shrigley & Hunt.[5]
See also
- List of ecclesiastical works by Austin and Paley (1895–1914)
References
Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e f Coupe, Turner & Wayland, p. 70
- ^ a b c d e "Church of St Thomas", National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1297652, retrieved 3 October 2011
- ^ "Listed Buildings", National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/listing/listed-buildings/, retrieved 3 October 2011
- ^ "Church Details: St Annes on Sea St Thomas", blackburn.anglican.org (Diocese of Blackburn), http://www.blackburn.anglican.org/parish.asp?theid=98153, retrieved 3 October 2011
- ^ a b Hartwell & Pevsner, p. 442
Sources
- Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 0300126670
- Coupe, Marion; Turner, Janet; Wayland, Kath (2003), Listed Buildings of Lytham St. Annes, Lytham St Annes Civic Society, ISBN 0954667808
External links
Media related to St Thomas' Church, St Anne's on the Sea at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:- Buildings and structures in Fylde (borough)
- Church of England churches in Lancashire
- Diocese of Blackburn
- Grade II listed buildings in Lancashire
- Grade II listed churches
- Lytham St Annes
- Religious buildings completed in 1900
- Religious buildings completed in 1905
- Austin and Paley buildings
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