Church of St Thomas
CHURCH OF ST THOMAS, MOW COP ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1294747
- Date first listed:
- 22-Apr-1988
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST THOMAS, MOW COP ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1294747
- Date first listed:
- 22-Apr-1988
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST THOMAS, MOW COP ROAD
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST THOMAS, MOW COP ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Staffordshire
- District:
- Newcastle-under-Lyme (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Kidsgrove
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 86034 57305
Details
KIDSGROVE C.P. MOW COP ROAD (south- SJ 85 NE east side) Mow Cop
2/60 Church of St. Thomas -
GV II
Parish church. 1841-2. By T. Stanley for the Church Commissioners. Dressed free-stone with ashlar quoins and dressings; slate roof. West tower, 4-bay nave, single-bay chancel and south-east vestry. Gothic style. West tower. 3 stages, with diagonal buttresses and crenellated parapet. Pointed west door; pointed west window over with Y-tracery; paired lancets at belfry level. Nave. Single-light lancets windows including 2 in the west wall, one each side of the tower; slim buttresses at the bay divisions and clasping buttresses at the corners; chamfered plinth and eaves band. Chancel. Window of 3 lancets. The vestry has a pointed south door. Interior. Pointed chancel arch. Simple altar rail with wrought iron supports. The Church of St. Thomas is part of an interesting group of buildings which includes The School (q.v.) and The Vicarage (q.v.). B.o.E. p. 207.
Listing NGR: SJ8603457305
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 273344
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Staffordshire, (1974), 207
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