---
title: "St Thomas the Apostle, Lymington"
description: "Located in Lymington , Hampshire. Built C13 origins; tower 1670; C18–C19 rebuild; re-roofed 1910–11. Diocese of Winchester. Grade II*. Medieval origins with Georgian and Victorian fabric style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Hampshire","Lymington","Grade II*","Diocese of Winchester"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-thomas-apostle-lymington"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T02:13:11.905Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-09T12:29:49.608Z"
location: "Lymington , Hampshire"
country: "England"
county: "Hampshire"
town: "Lymington"
address: "St Thomas Street, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 9ND"
postcode: "SO41 9ND"
built: "C13 origins; tower 1670; C18–C19 rebuild; re-roofed 1910–11"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["Thomas the Apostle"]
diocese: "Winchester"
grade: "II*"
style: "Medieval origins with Georgian and Victorian fabric"
materials: "Stone rubble, cement-rendered walls, limestone ashlar tower; tiled roofs; lead-roofed cupola"
website: "http://www.lymingtonchurch.org.uk/"
openingHours: "Open 9am to 5pm."
parish: "Lymington"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1217370"
gridReference: "SZ 322 954"
accessNotes: "Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby. Accessible toilets in church"
---

# St Thomas the Apostle, Lymington

St Thomas the Apostle is a Grade II* parish church on the High Street in Lymington, Hampshire, in the Diocese of Winchester. Historic England records thirteenth-century origins, a chapel of about 1325, a tower of 1670, and a thorough eighteenth- and nineteenth-century rebuild.

## Overview

The listing describes a key High Street church whose south wall faces the street. Archaeological evidence of thirteenth-century work survives at the east and west ends; a chapel of about 1325 has a roof of about 1500. The two-stage limestone ashlar tower, added in 1670, has diagonal buttresses to the lower stage, a moulded south doorway, square-headed mullioned belfry windows, and a timber arcaded cupola with lead dome that was in place by 1740. The remainder was rebuilt in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, refurbished and re-roofed in 1910–11, with a sacristy of 1931. Materials are stone rubble, with north, south and west walls cement-rendered, and tiled roofs.

The plan comprises a nave with north and south aisles and galleries, a west organ gallery and narthex, north transept, chancel, south-east tower at the east end of the south aisle, and a north-east chapel. The chancel has a five-light nineteenth-century east window with Perpendicular-style tracery. The church originated as a chapel of Christchurch Priory and remains the principal Anglican church of the town.

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1217370](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1217370)
- [British Listed Buildings: Parish Church of St Thomas the Apostle](https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101217370-parish-church-of-st-thomas-the-apostle-lymington-and-pennington)