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St Thomas' Church, Sutton-in-Craven

Church of England church buildings in North YorkshireChurches completed in 1869Churches in Craven, YorkshireGrade II listed churches in North YorkshireUse British English from March 2026
William Henry Crossland buildings
St Thomas, Sutton in Craven (28525804390)
St Thomas, Sutton in Craven (28525804390)

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. In 2015, some of the pews were replaced by chairs. 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.

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