All Saints' Church, Thorp Arch, West Yorkshire
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| Location | Thorp Arch, West Yorkshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
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| Status | Parish Church |
| Heritage designation | Grade II listed building |
| Architect(s) | G.E. Street |
| Architectural type | mixed, with Gothic Revival elements |
| Completed | 1872 in current form |
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| Materials | Magnesian limestone with red tile and Welsh slate roofs |
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| Parish | Thorp Arch |
| Deanery | Wetherby |
| Archdeaconry | Leeds |
| Diocese | Leeds |
| Province | York |
All Saints' Church in Thorp Arch, West Yorkshire, England is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of Leeds and the Diocese of Leeds.
History
The church is of twelfth century origin (the south door being the sole remaining aspect of this era); although is mentioned in the earlier Domesday Book of 1086.[1] with a fifteenth century tower; the remainder of the church was built between 1871 and 1872 to designs by G.E. Street.[2]
Architectural style
The church is of dressed magnesian limestone with a red tile and Welsh slate roof. The church has a fifteenth century west tower with offset diagonal buttresses, a three light west window and large square sundial, gargoyles to the north and south with a shield beneath the papapet. The south porch is of twelfth century origin. There is a four bay nave of gothic revival style, a two bay chancel and a north vestry.[3] The church has an ornate lychgate on the southern side of its boundaries.
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