Church of St Thomas
CHURCH OF ST THOMAS, NEW ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1029497
- Date first listed:
- 21-May-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Thomas
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST THOMAS, NEW ROAD
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2002-04-25
- Reference:
- IOE01/06976/01
- Rights:
- © Mr Don Morley. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1029497
- Date first listed:
- 21-May-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Thomas
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST THOMAS, NEW ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST THOMAS, NEW ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Surrey
- District:
- Guildford (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Shalford
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 02133 47089
Details
TQ 04 NW SHALFORD CP NEW ROAD
4/155 Chilworth Church of St. Thomas
II
Formerly Greshambury Institute. Now church. 1896 by W.H. Seth-Smith. Red brick with hipped concrete tile roofs, swept out to eaves. Wooden lantern with ogee shaped lead dome and crowning crucifix. Square pavilion with lower range to left and wing at right angles to rear. Two storeys with battered corner buttresses and continuous leaded clerestory under overhanging eaves with tiled pentice sills. Cambered head, 4-light leaded casements to ground floor left and right, one 6-light window in lower range to left facing street, two in left hand return front. Gabled porch to centre with half glazed sides. Bargeboard, planked double door to front. Louvred lantern with battering angle buttresses and small sphere finials to corners.
Interior: painted brick walls with four ribs from corners rising to meet in centre of roof. Altar recess to rear wall.
PEVSNER: BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND, SURREY (1971) page 155.
Listing NGR: TQ0213347089
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 288417
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Nairn, I Rev. by Cherry, The Buildings of England: Surrey, (1971), 155
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 05-Jun-2026 at 15:46:37.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.