All Saints' Church, Thorp Arch
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Location | Thorp Arch, West Yorkshire |
Country | England |
Denomination | Church of England |
History | |
Status | Parish Church |
Architecture | |
Heritage designation | Grade II listed building |
Architect(s) | G. E. Street |
Architectural type | mixed, with Gothic Revival elements |
Completed | 1872 in current form |
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Materials | Magnesian limestone with red tile and Welsh slate roofs |
Administration | |
Province | York |
Diocese | York |
Deanery | Wetherby |
Parish | Thorp Arch |
All Saints' Church in Thorp Arch, West Yorkshire, England is an active Anglican parish church in the Archdeaconry of York and the Diocese of York.
History
[edit]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.[1] with a fifteenth century tower; the remainder of the church was built between 1871 and 1872 to designs by G. E. Street.[2]
Architectural style
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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.[3] The church has an ornate lychgate on the southern side of its boundaries.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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.
External links
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