St Thomas' Church

About

St Thomas’s belongs to the Church of England and is also part of the Inclusive Church initiative, which means that we are committed to ensure that all are truly welcome, whatever their story. There are services held daily (except Saturdays) – do join us if you can.

Our beautiful building is the latest one on this site which has been used for worship for nearly eight hundred years. Most of the building seen today dates from the 15th century, whilst the internal furniture is mostly Victorian. St Thomas's has always been the church of the City, and the painted badges of the Guilds are still visible in the medieval wall paintings of the Lady Chapel.

Visitors are drawn immediately to the 'Doom' painting above the chancel arch, perhaps St Thomas's most famous single feature. It is the largest and most complete example still surviving in the UK and was painted between 1470 and 1500.  However, it was white-washed over in 1593 in the latter part of the Reformation.  It was uncovered in 1819, but then re-whitewashed! The final revelation occurred in 1881 and ‘restored’ according to the principles of the time.