Thornhill Lees: Holy Innocents w Savile Town

Name:
Thornhill Lees: Holy Innocents w Savile Town
Record Type:
Closed Church
Church code:
646578
Diocese:
Leeds
Archdeaconry:
Unattached or Closed Church
Parish:
Ravensthorpe and Thornhill Lees with Savile Town

Statutory Designation Information

Listed Building?
This is a Grade II Listed Building
View more information about this Listed Building on the National Heritage List for England web site
Scheduled Monument?
There is no Scheduled Monument within the curtilage or precinct

National Park

The church is not in a National Park

Conservation Area

The church is not in a Conservation Area

Heritage At Risk Status

On Heritage At Risk Register?
This church is not on the Heritage at Risk Register
 

Approximate Date

Approximate Date:
Victorian/Pre-WWI

Exterior Image

Exterior image of 646578 Thornhill Lees Holy Innocents
Caption:
Exterior image of 646578 Thornhill Lees Holy Innocents
Description:
Photograph of the outside of the church as seen from the north-east, slightly obscured by trees.
Year / Date:
July 2011
Copyright:
Archbishops' Council
Originator:
Joseph Elders

Summary Description

The large Victorian Gothic church of blackened sandstone is located on the crest of a hill, and has considerable townscape value, though this is limited in the summer because it is partly hidden by trees from most angles, although the tall spire comes intermittently into view as one approaches. Holy Innocents was built in 1858-9, designed by the prolific local architects Mallinson and Healy and paid for by the Cook and Wormald families of Dewsbury Mills, who seem not to have held back with funds. Generally, this is a fine and dignified church, exemplary of what this prolific Yorkshire practice could achieve with a sizeable budget.

Visiting and Facilities

The church is open for worship.
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Church Website

Church Website:
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Sources and Further Information

Joseph Elders (July 2011) Exterior image of 646578 Thornhill Lees Holy Innocents [Digital Archive/Graphic material]
Exterior image of 646578 Thornhill Lees Holy Innocents
Joseph Elders (July 2011) Interior image of 646578 Thornhill Lees Holy Innocents [Digital Archive/Graphic material]
Interior image of 646578 Thornhill Lees Holy Innocents
CWGC (2016) Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC Unique File Reference Number: 2931 [Bibliography/Data]
Number of War Graves: 4
Church Buildings Council (2019) Church Bells 2 Bells [Archive/Index]
2 Bells