Holy Trinity Church, Thorpe Thewles
Former church in Thorpe Thewles, County Durham, England
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Holy Trinity Church was a church in the village of Thorpe Thewles, County Durham, England before being demolished in the late 1800s.
It was built in 1848–49 to replace an isolated church on a different site[1] which had been dedicated to Thomas à Becket.[2] The Thomas à Becket church is now in ruins and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.[3] It is also a scheduled monument.[4]
Holy Trinity Church was designed by the Lancaster architects Sharpe and Paley at an estimated cost of £600, and could seat 175 people. It measured 68 feet (20.7 m) by 23 feet 6 inches (7.2 m) but by the 1880s it was suffering from decay and damp, and was demolished.[1]
It was replaced on the same site in 1886–87 by the present church, dedicated to St James.[2] This church is a Grade II listed building.[5]
