St Thomas the Martyr, Bristol

St Thomas the Martyr, Bristol

Infobox Historic building


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St Thomas the Martyr is a former Church of England parish church on St Thomas Street in Bristol, England.

It has a 14th century tower, but the nave was rebuilt 1791-3 by James Allen. The top of the tower was remodelled with spirelet, pinnacles, and pierced parapet by William Venn Gough in 1896-97. [cite web | title=Bristol Churches - St Thomas| work= Looking at Buildings | url=http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/default.asp?Document=3.C.2,2 | accessdate=2007-05-10Dead link|date=July 2008]

The reredos incorporates four paintings commissioned from the German artist Fritz von Kamptz in 1906. [cite web | title=Fritz von Kamptz| work=Manx National Heritage | url=http://www.gov.im/mnh/collections/art/artists/kamptz.xml?menu=artistlist | accessdate=2008-07-31]

Although the church survived the "Bristol Blitz" of the Second World War, the congregation declined after the war and the church was finally declared redundant and placed under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust in 1982. [cite web | title=St Thomas the Martyr, Bristol | url=http://www.westgallerychurches.com/Glos/Bristol/St_Thomas_the_Martyr/Bristol,_StThomasthe%20Martr.html | accessdate=2008-10-11]

It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II* listed building. [cite web | title=Church of St Thomas including wall, gates and gateway | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=380515 | accessdate=2007-03-16]

References

ee also

* Churches in Bristol
* Grade II* listed buildings in Bristol


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