All Saints' Church, Thorp Arch
History
The church is of twelfth century origin (the south door being the sole remaining aspect of this era); although is mentioned in the earlier Domesday Book of 1086. with a fifteenth century tower; the remainder of the church was built between 1871 and 1872 to designs by G. E. Street.
Architectural style
The church is of dressed magnesian limestone with a red tile and Welsh slate roof. The church has a fifteenth century west tower with offset diagonal buttresses, a three light west window and large square sundial, gargoyles to the north and south with a shield beneath the parapet. The south porch is of twelfth century origin. There is a four bay nave of gothic revival style, a two bay chancel and a north vestry. The church has an ornate lychgate on the southern side of its boundaries.
See also
References
- ^ "All Saints, Thorp Arch". Church of England. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- ^ "Church of All Saints, Thorp Arch". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- ^ "Church of All Saints, Thorp Arch". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 22 May 2016.