OS grid reference SJ 881 736 Denomination Anglican Website St Thomas, Henbury Completed 1870 | Country England Churchmanship Central Churchmanship Phone +44 1625 425510 Architect Richard Lane | |
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Location Church Lane, Henbury, Cheshire Address Church Ln, Henbury, Macclesfield SK11 9NN, UK Architectural style Gothic Revival architecture Similar All Saints Church - Scholar G, St Mark's Church - Antrobus, Christ Church - Eaton, All Saints Church - Harthill, Baptist Chapel - Great Wa | ||
St Thomas' Church is in Church Lane in the village of Henbury, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Macclesfield, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
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History
The church was built in 1844–45, and designed by the Manchester architect Richard Lane. The chancel was added in about 1870.
Exterior
St Thomas' is constructed in stone with a tiled roof. Its plan consists of a five-bay nave, a chancel, a southeast vestry, and a west tower. The tower is in two stages with clasping buttresses, and is surmounted by an octagonal broach spire. The bottom stage of the tower contains a two-light window with Decorated tracery, above which is a clock face. In the top stage are louvred lancet bell openings. The spire contains lucarnes on alternate faces. In the angle between the tower and the west wall of the nave is a stair turret. The windows along the sides of the church are lancets. The east window has three lights, with two sexfoils and a cinquefoil at the apex. The south porch is gabled and extends from the second bay from the west.
Interior
Inside the church is a deeply chamfered chancel arch. A passage staircase leads from the chancel to the pulpit. There is a west gallery, carried on thin iron columns. The chancel is floored with Minton encaustic tiles and mosaic. All the stained glass dates from 1844. The monuments include two tablets dated 1869 by Matthew Noble, and a memorial dated 1888 by Harry Hems. The two-manual organ is situated in the west gallery. It was built in 1948 by Compton, and re-sited in 1985 by Oakes.