St Thomas
Catthorpe
Leicestershire
Early C14, C15, restored 1886 by W Basset Smith.Rubblestone with ashlared limestone dressings.
Architectural Features
Lead and plain tile roof.
C15, 3-stage ashlared tower with plinth, 2 string courses, and embattled parapet.
C15 nave lead roof and ashlar coped parapet.
a buttress followed by another buttress covering a blocked C14 doorway with pointed arch and hoodmould.
Then a buttress, followed by a chamfered pointed arch 2-light window with C14 Y tracery and hoodmould, restored in C19.
South wall of nave, from west to east: part rendered south porch with plain tile roof, coped gable with kneelers, diagonal buttresses.
Late C19 chapel and vestry, with plain tile roof, coped gables, and roofline higher than nave.
C19 altar rails, table, pews, stalls, lectern, pulpit.
C13 stone coffin lid with bust of a woman in sunk trefoiled recess, with some remaining marginal inscription.
Royal arms in wooden frame on north wall of nave.
MONUMENTS: marble wall memorial on north wall of the tower, to Rev Samuel Purefoy Harper WWI memorial brass plaque on north wall of nave.C20 memorial brass plaque on north-east wall of chancel.
C19 stained glass. (Buildings of England: Leicestershire: p. 128)