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St Thomas A Becket

Architectural Features

C15, restored in 1850's and 1870's.

plain clay tile roof over stone slate base courses to chancel, Welsh slate over stone to nave, both between stepped coped gables.

Chancel has double plinth mould, eaves course, no buttresses: east window of 3-lights, C19 in C15 style with headtop label

on north side two 2-cusped lights under square labels, probably C15

two C15 3-light traceried windows of different patterns under arched square stop labels.

Nave has a 2-light and a 3-light flat arched window set in hollow chamfered reveals, with projection for pulpit recess which is under a stone roof and has a small window.

elliptical arched outer doorway in rectangular recess with foliated and Tudor-rose spandrils, with small ogee cusped light over: similar inner door with plain statue niche over.

Tower possibly early C15, and still carried a spire in 1822: stages, with double plinth, string courses, the top with gargoyles, battleiented parapets with crocketted corner pinnacles, angled corner buttresses for full height: north-east square corner stair turret carried higher than remainder of tower, with slit windows each stage: small but wide west door with wave-moulded pointed arch label with headstops

above a 2-light C15 style traceried window, heavily restored, with very slight label mould

panelled C15 chancel arch, squints formerly to both sides

Nave has C15 timber rib and plaster panel vault ceiling with bosses and angels

The font was placed in the church in 1871.

recess for C19 pulpit, font also C19.

The font was placed in the church in 1871.

© Maigheach-gheal

South aisle largely rebuilt 1853, but incorporates a C14 piscina, above which are the remains of a window jamb with fragment of medieval wall painting of a bishop, possibly Thomas a Becket.

Glass in east window by Clayton and Bell 1874.

No significant memorials.

First recorded rector 1265.