St Thomas' Church, Blackpool
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| location = Blackpool, Lancashire
| country = England
| denomination = Church of England
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| architect = Henry Paley
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| years built = 1930–1932
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| deanery = Deanery of Blackpool
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| diocese = Diocese of Blackburn
| province = Province of York
| vicar = The Revd David O’Brien
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St Thomas' Church is in Caunce Street, Blackpool, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Deanery of Blackpool, the Archdeaconry of Lancaster and the Diocese of Blackburn.{{Citation | url = http://www.achurchnearyou.com/st-thomas-blackpool/| title = St Thomas, Blackpool| access-date = 30 August 2012| publisher = Church of England}}
History
The church was built in 1930–32 and designed by the Lancaster architect Henry Paley of Austin and Paley, and cost £10,326 (equivalent to £{{formatnum:{{Inflation|UK|10326|1932|r=-4}}}} in {{Inflation-year|UK}}).{{Inflation-fn|UK|df=y}}{{sfn|Brandwood|Austin|Hughes|Price|2012|p=253}} It is constructed in brick with stone dressings, and has windows with mixed Decorated and Perpendicular tracery.{{sfn|Hartwell|Pevsner|2009|p=157}} Only the east end of the church and 3½ bays of the nave and aisles were completed. Brandwood and his co-authors consider that the interior is "of dignity and with several inventive touches".{{sfn|Brandwood|Austin|Hughes|Price|2012|pp=184, 186}} Because it was never completed, Hartwell and Pevsner in the Buildings of England series describe it as "a stump of a church".{{sfn|Hartwell|Pevsner|2009|p=157}}
=Present day=
It continues to be an active church in the Evangelical tradition.{{Citation | url = http://www.stthomasblackpool.org/| title = Welcome| access-date = 30 August 2012| publisher = St Thomas' Church, Blackpool}}
The vicar is the Revd David O’Brien.[http://www.stthomasblackpool.org/contact-information.html St Thomas' Church website.]
See also
{{portal|Lancashire}}
References
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Bibliography
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- {{Citation | last = Brandwood| first = Geoff| last2 = Austin| first2 = Tim| last3 = Hughes| first3 = John| last4 = Price| first4 = James| year = 2012| title = The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin| publication-place = Swindon| publisher = English Heritage| isbn = 978-1-84802-049-8}}
- {{Citation | last =Hartwell| first =Clare| last2 = Pevsner | first2 = Nikolaus | author2-link =Nikolaus Pevsner| series= The Buildings of England| title =Lancashire: North | publisher =Yale University Press | year =2009 | orig-year=1969 | location = New Haven and London| isbn = 978-0-300-12667-9}}
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External links
- [http://www.stthomasblackpool.org/ St Thomas' Church website]
- [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Blackpool/StThomas.shtml St Thomas's, Blackpool at genuki.org]
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Category:Church of England church buildings in Lancashire
Category:Austin and Paley buildings
Category:Gothic Revival church buildings in England
Category:Gothic Revival architecture in Lancashire
Category:20th-century Church of England church buildings
Category:Churches in Blackpool
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