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Holy Trinity Church, Thorpe Thewles

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Holy Trinity Church was a now demolished church in the village of Thorpe Thewles, County Durham, England.

It was built in 1848–49 to replace an isolated church on a different site[1] which had been dedicated to Thomas à Becket.[2] The Thomas à Becket church is now in ruins and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.[3] It is also a scheduled monument.[4]

Holy Trinity Church was designed by the Lancaster architects Sharpe and Paley at an estimated cost of £600, and could seat 175 people. It measured 68 feet (20.7 m) by 23 feet 6 inches (7.2 m) but by the 1880s it was suffering from decay and damp, and was demolished.[1]

It was replaced on the same site in 1886–87 by the present church, dedicated to St James.[2] This church is a Grade II listed building.[5]

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  1. ^ a b Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: English Heritage, p. 215, ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8
  2. ^ a b St. James Church, Thorpe Thewles, Thorpe Thewles History Group, retrieved 30 May 2012
  3. ^ Historic England, "Ruins of a Church of St Thomas a Becket, Grindon (1329821)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 May 2012
  4. ^ Historic England, "St Thomas a Becket's Church, Grindon (1017321)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 May 2012
  5. ^ Historic England, "Church of St James, Grindon (1139224)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 May 2012
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