St Thomas' Church, Stockport

St Thomas' Church, Stockport
St Thomas' Church, Stockport, from the north-east
St Thomas' Church, Stockport is located in Greater Manchester
St Thomas' Church, Stockport
St Thomas' Church, Stockport
Location in Greater Manchester
53°24′13″N 2°09′18″W / 53.4036°N 2.1550°W / 53.4036; -2.1550
OS grid referenceSJ 898 897
LocationSt Thomas's Place,
Wellington Road South,
Stockport, Greater Manchester
CountryEngland
DenominationChurch of England
Churchmanshipmodern catholic
WebsiteSt Thomas, Stockport
History
StatusChurch
Consecrated25 September 1825
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade I
Designated14 May 1952
Architect(s)George Basevi
Architectural typeChurch
StyleNeoclassical
Groundbreaking1822
Completed1825
Construction cost£15,611
Specifications
MaterialsStone
Administration
ProvinceYork
DioceseChester
ArchdeaconryMacclesfield
DeaneryStockport
ParishStockport and Brinnington
Clergy
RectorRevd Lynne Cullens BA (installed 18 July 2019)

St Thomas' Church is in St Thomas's Place, Wellington Road South, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Church of England church in the parish of Stockport and Brinnington, in the deanery of Stockport, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.[2] It was a Commissioners' church, having received a grant towards its construction from the Church Building Commission.[3]

When it was built, Stockport was in the county of Cheshire, and it was the only church in that county to receive money from the first parliamentary grant administered by the Commission. It was designed by the architect George Basevi, and was one of his earlier works.[4] It is his only surviving Commissioners' church.[2]

  1. ^ St Thomas, Stockport, Church of England, retrieved 14 December 2011
  2. ^ a b Historic England, "Parish Church of St Thomas, Stockport (1067160)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 14 December 2011
  3. ^ Port, M. H. (2006), 600 New Churches: The Church Building Commission 1818-1856 (2nd ed.), Reading: Spire Books, p. 326, ISBN 978-1-904965-08-4
  4. ^ Hartwell, Claire; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 595–596, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6