Church of St Thomas, Thurstonland

Church of St Thomas, Thurstonland
St Thomas in 2008
Church of St Thomas, Thurstonland Location in West Yorkshire
53°35′35″N 1°45′02″W / 53.59316°N 1.75056°W / 53.59316; -1.75056
OS grid reference	SE 166108
Location	Marsh Hall Lane, Thurstonland, West Yorkshire, HD4 6XD
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	A Church Near You: St Thomas Thurstonland
History
Consecrated	3 October 1870
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade II listed, #1135375
Architect(s)	Mallinson and Barber
Architectural type	Parish church
Style	Gothic Revival, Arts and Crafts
Groundbreaking	1869
Completed	1870
Construction cost	£3,000
Specifications
Capacity	designed for 385
Administration
Diocese	Anglican Diocese of Leeds
Archdeaconry	Halifax 401
Deanery	Kirkburton 40107
Parish	St Thomas Thurstonland
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Revd Canon J. Sean Robertshaw

The Church of St Thomas, Thurstonland, West Yorkshire, England, is an Anglican church. It is an Arts and Crafts building in Gothic Revival style, designed by James Mallinson and William Swinden Barber, and completed in 1870. The building was funded by William Legge, 5th Earl of Dartmouth, and it was consecrated by Robert Bickersteth, Bishop of Ripon. The total height of the tower and spire is 109 feet (33 m), and the nave contains an arch-braced hammerbeam roof.^[1]

The first incumbent of the parish to use this building was Rev. Robert Boyle Thompson, an evangelical missionary who had already done "great work" in the slums of Seven Dials when he was granted the living of Thurstonland at the age of 28 years.^[2]