| St Thomas' Church, Stockton Heath | |
| Pushpin Map: | Cheshire |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Map Caption: | Location in Cheshire |
| Location: | Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire |
| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 53.3723°N -2.5825°W |
| Osgraw: | SJ 614 864 |
| Denomination: | Anglican |
| Website: | St Thomas' and St Mary Magdalene's |
| Dedication: | St Thomas |
| Status: | Parish church |
| Functional Status: | Active |
| Heritage Designation: | Grade II |
| Designated Date: | 23 December 1983 |
| Architect: | E. G. Paley |
| Architectural Type: | Church |
| Style: | Gothic Revival |
| Completed Date: | 1868 |
| Materials: | Sandstone, Westmorland slate roofs |
| Parish: | St Thomas, Stockton Heath |
| Deanery: | Great Budworth |
| Archdeaconry: | Chester |
| Diocese: | Chester |
| Province: | York |
| Vicar: | Rev Michael Ridley |
| Asstpriest: | Rev Monica Thomson |
| Warden: | Sheila Barton & Mel Wilson |
St Thomas' Church is in Stockton Heath, to the south of Warrington, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building, and is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth.
The present church was built in 1868 on the site of a former church that had been erected in 1838. It was designed by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley, the main benefactor being Sir Gilbert Greenall. The tower was added later although a full set of bells were not installed until 2016. The current ring of 10 bells consists of 8 bells donated from St. John the Baptist, Bollington[1] supplemented with two new trebles cast by John Taylor & Co. A campaign to keep a tolling bell dating from 1883 dedicated to the wife of John Crosfield (son of Joseph Crosfield) took place in an attempt to retain the bell locally.[2]
It is constructed in pinkish-red sandstone with Westmorland slate roofs. Its plan consists of a four-bay nave with a south aisle under a parallel ridged roof, a south porch, a north transept, a north vestry, a two-bay chancel and a west tower. The tower is in four stages with an octagonal southeast turret and an embattled parapet.
The chancel is decorated with richly coloured patterned tilework and the reredos is of marble and embossed patterned tiles. The organ was built around 1880 by Young and Sons and rebuilt in 1963 by Rushworth and Dreaper of Liverpool.
The churchyard contains the war graves of 31 service personnel, 17 from World War I and 14 from World War II.