St Thomas' Church, Stockton Heath

St Thomas' Church, Stockton Heath
St Thomas' Church, Stockton Heath, from the southeast
St Thomas' Church, Stockton Heath Location in Cheshire
Coordinates: 53°22′20″N 2°34′57″W / 53.3723°N 2.5825°W / 53.3723; -2.5825
OS grid reference	SJ 614 864
Location	Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Thomas' and St Mary Magdalene's
History
Dedication	St Thomas
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	23 December 1983
Architect(s)	Paley and Austin
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Completed	1868
Specifications
Materials	Sandstone, Westmorland slate roofs
Administration
Parish	St Thomas, Stockton Heath
Deanery	Great Budworth
Archdeaconry	Chester
Diocese	Chester
Province	York
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Rev Michael Ridley
Curate(s)	Rev Jane Proudfoot
Assistant priest	Rev Helen Houston
Laity
Churchwarden(s)	Sue Burke, Val Heywood

St Thomas' Church, Stockton Heath is in Stockton Heath, to the south of Warrington, Cheshire, England. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building,^[1] and is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth.^[2]

History

The present church was built in 1868 on the site of a former church built in 1838.^[1] The architects were the Lancaster partnership of Paley and Austin.^[3]

Architecture

It is constructed in pinkish-red sandstone with Westmorland slate roofs. Its plan consists of a four-bay nave with a south aisle under a parallel ridged roof, a south porch, a north transept, a north vestry, a two-bay chancel and a west tower. The tower is in four stages with an octagonal southeast turret and an embattled parapet.^[1]

The chancel is decorated with richly-coloured patterned tilework and the reredos is of marble and embossed patterned tiles.^[1] The organ was built around 1880 by Young and Sons and rebuilt in 1963 by Rushworth and Dreaper of Liverpool.^[4]

See also

• List of ecclesiastical works by Paley and Austin

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Church of St Thomas, Stockton Heath", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1135939, retrieved 7 May 2011 
2. ^ St Thomas, Stockton Heath, Church of England, http://www.achurchnearyou.com/stockton-heath-st-thomas/, retrieved 27 January 2011 
3. ^ Price, James (1998), Sharpe, Paley and Austin: A Lancaster Architectural Practice 1836–1942, Lancaster: Centre for North-West Regional Studies, p. 87, ISBN 1-86220-054-8 
4. ^ Stockton Heath, St. Thomas, British Institute of Organ Studies, http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N04315, retrieved 17 August 2008