Description

SUTTON MAIN STREET 9/107 (east side)

Church of St Thomas

II

Church, 1869 by W H Crossland. Ashlar with slate roof. Nave, chancel, aisles, west tower, north porch and organ loft. A mature Gothic Revival design with detail generally of late Geometric character, as are the 3 bays of the nave. The 2 bays of the clerestorey however have square-headed, cusped lights in pairs. The organ loft has a rose window composed of mouchettes. Heavy buttresses. The west tower has diagonal buttresses dying just below a heavy string course with a large grotesque gargoyle at each angle; above these are battlements and 4 short crocketed pinnacles. Louvred belfry windows. Interior: Nave of 3 unequal bays with open timber roof with a light scissor consruction, slightly different over the 2-bay chancel. Capitals carved with foliage in the style of Southwell. Large white marble pulpit and font of classical character.

Listing NGR: SE0073044148

External Links

• Wikidata Q26603279

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