Church of St Thomas of Canterbury
CHURCH OF ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY, PARKGATE ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1375898
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jan-1972
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Thomas of Canterbury
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY, PARKGATE ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1375898
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jan-1972
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 23-Jul-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Thomas of Canterbury
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY, PARKGATE 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 OF CANTERBURY, PARKGATE ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 40215 67185
Details
CHESTER CITY (EM)
SJ46NW PARKGATE ROAD 1932-1/2/220 (South West side) 10/01/72 Church of St Thomas of Canterbury (Formerly Listed as: PARKGATE ROAD Church of St Oswald (St Thomas))
GV II
Parish church. 1869-72. By Sir George G Scott, the nave completed later by JO Scott. Tooled squared snecked red sandstone with roofs of graded grey-green slates, in early C13 style. PLAN: nave and south and north aisles of 5 bays under separate roofs; 2-bay chancel with north chapel; south-east tower with 2 of the intended 3 stages. EXTERIOR: tall plinth; angle and bay buttresses; shafted lancets with block capitals; corbel-table. West front has 7 stone steps to oak double doors on ornate hinges; 2 blank arches to each side; 2 lancets above door, with central and flanking blank arches; circular window with Star of David tracery in gable. The gable to each aisle has a pair of lancets with a sexfoil-lobed round window above; a cross-in-circle finial to each gable. The south aisle has a pair of lancets to each bay. The tower has square turret at south-west corner capped with diagonally-set timber-framed shelter with belled pyramidal roof of copper. Priest's door; a pair of lancets; paired-lancet bell-openings; simple parapet. Ornate rainwater-head and pipe in corner of tower with chancel; a south lancet to chancel. East window of 3 separated lancets; quatrefoil gable window; 2 lancets and an almond-shaped gable window to north chapel; the north side has a lancet and a priest's door in the east bay, a pair of lancets in the west bay. The 3 east bays of the north aisle have paired lancets. The north porch has a pair of lancets in each side; 5 stone steps to archway with pair of simple iron gates with dogbars; pair of oak doors on wrought strap hinges in archway with foliar capitals to responds. INTERIOR: tiled floor to nave; piers of quatrefoil section have stiff-leaf capitals; arched trusses to nave and aisles. Chancel-arch on corbelled responds; encaustic tile floor; arched trusses. West window 1885 by Kempe; rectangular font on 4 colonnettes; pedestal pulpit with polished colonnettes; carved choir-stalls; reredos 1909 by CE Deacon with statues of Saints Michael, Gabriel, Raphael and Uriel standing above; reredos 1913 by CE Deacon in the NE chapel. No clerestory.
Listing NGR: SJ4021567185
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 469877
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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