St Thomas' Church is in Caunce Street, Blackpool, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Deanery of Blackpool, the Archdeaconry of Lancaster and the Diocese of Blackburn.[1]
The church was built in 1930–32 and designed by the Lancaster architect Henry Paley of Austin and Paley, and cost £10,326 (equivalent to £910,000 in 2023).[2][3] It is constructed in brick with stone dressings, and has windows with mixed Decorated and Perpendicular tracery.[4] Only the east end of the church and 3½ bays of the nave and aisles were completed. Brandwood and his co-authors consider that the interior is "of dignity and with several inventive touches".[5] Because it was never completed, Hartwell and Pevsner in the Buildings of England series describe it as "a stump of a church".[4]
It continues to be an active church in the Evangelical tradition.[6]
The vicar is the Revd David O’Brien.[7]
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