St Thomas, Swansea
St Thomas, Swansea
St Thomas’s Church between Lewis Street and Maes Street is a Grade II Church in Wales parish church of 1886–90 by Thomas Nicholson of Hereford, built for the Grenfell family in the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon.
- Location
- Swansea, Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- County
- Glamorgan
- City / town
- Swansea
- Address
- Lewis Street, Swansea, Glamorgan, SA1 8BP
- Postcode
- SA1 8BP
- Built
- 1886–90
- Architect
- Thomas Nicholson of Hereford
- Denomination
- Church in Wales
- Dedication
- Thomas
- Diocese
- Swansea and Brecon
- Parish
- Swansea St Thomas and Kilvey
- Grade
- II
- Style
- Decorated Gothic
- Materials
- Rock-faced squared stone, Bath stone dressings, greenish slate roofs
- Grid reference
- SS 666 932
- Opening hours
- The key for the church can be obtained from the office next door which is open Monday & Thursday 8am to 11.30am and Tuesday & Wednesday 8am to 3pm.
- Access
- Ramp or level access available on request. Accessible toilets nearby
Overview
The foundation stone was laid on 17 June 1886 by Major-General Francis Grenfell. The nave of 1886–87 and the chancel of 1890, a memorial to Pascoe St Leger Grenfell (d. 1882), form a Decorated Gothic church in Puginian mould, with a landmark broach spire. Cadw records rock-faced stone with Bath stone dressings and an ornate reredos of red stone and gold mosaic. The south aisle was damaged by bombing in 1940 and repaired. The church was listed on 9 February 2004 (Cadw 82482). It remains the parish church of Swansea St Thomas and Kilvey.