Church of St Thomas, Thurlbear

Church of St Thomas
Red stone building with grey square tower.
Church of St Thomas, Thurlbear is located in Somerset
Church of St Thomas, Thurlbear
Location within Somerset
General information
Town or cityThurlbear, Orchard Portman
CountryEngland
Coordinates50°59′21″N 3°04′44″W / 50.9893°N 3.0788°W / 50.9893; -3.0788
Completed12th century

The Church of St Thomas in the village of Thurlbear, which is in the parish of Orchard Portman, Somerset, England, dates from the 12th century. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.[1] It is a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] The church was vested in the Trust on 1 November 1988.[3]

The church shows clear signs of the Norman church upon which later structures were built. Pevsner cites the Norman arcades and narrow aisles characteristic of that era and "never enlarged to satisfy later medieval taste." He dates the church to "hardly later than c. 1110."[4][5]

The Churches Conservation Trust launched a programme of repairs at the church, with the Somerset County Council conducting an archaeological recording and survey in conjunction with these efforts.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Church of St Thomas, Thurlbear". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Somerset County Council. Retrieved 25 April 2009.
  2. ^ St Thomas' Church, Thurlbear, Somerset, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 31 March 2011
  3. ^ Diocese of Bath and Wells: All Schemes (PDF), Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2011, p. 6, retrieved 31 March 2011
  4. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1958). The Buildings of England, South and West Somerset. Penguin Books.
  5. ^ "Church of St Thomas". historicengland.org.uk. English Heritage. Retrieved 2 February 2009.
  6. ^ Dunning, Robert; Robert Croft; et al. (2007). Somerset Churches and Chapels, Building, Repair, and Restoration. Wellington, Somerset: Halsgrove Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84114-592-1.