St Thomas' Church, Sutton-in-Craven

St Thomas' Church is an Anglican church in Sutton-in-Craven, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

Sutton was long in the parish of St Andrew's Church, Kildwick. From 1868 to 1869, a church was constructed in the village, to a design by William Henry Crossland. Crossland intended for the tower to support a spire, but one was never added. The church was grade II listed in 1984.[1][2] In 2015, some of the pews were replaced by chairs.[3]

The church is built of stone with a slate roof, and consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a north porch, a chancel, a north organ loft, and a west tower. The tower has diagonal buttresses, a string course with a grotesque gargoyle on each corner, louvred bell openings with hood moulds, and an embattled parapet with crocketed pinnacles. In the organ loft is a rose window. Inside, the capitals are carved in the shape of foliage, each one having a unique design. There is a white marble pulpit and a font in the classical style, and many of the windows contain stained glass.[1][2][4]

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  1. ^ a b Tate, Lesley (1 October 2020). "NEW BOOK: Mystery and intrigue surround the life of the Victorian architect with strong connections to Craven". Craven Herald. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  2. ^ a b Historic England. "Church of St Thomas, Sutton (1317021)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
  3. ^ Rahman, Miran (17 September 2015). "Church judge overrides objections to removal of traditional pews from Sutton church". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  4. ^ Leach, Peter; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009). Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-12665-5.

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