Church of St. Thomas of Canterbury (RC), Windleshaw, St. Helens,

WINDLESHAW. —The new Catholic church of St. Thomas of Canterbury at Windleshaw, St. Helens, was opened on Sunday week. The new building is of brick with rock-faced and dressed sandstone for the exterior, and stone for the interior work. The church is 94 feet long. The sanctuary end of the church is 57 feet in breadth, made up of a nave 25 feet in width, and two aisles each 16 feet in width. The length of the nave is divided into six bays, and the nave is separated from the aisles, which extend as far as three of the bays, by an arcade carried on octagonal stone shafts with moulded caps and bases. At the west end of the church a tower about 50 feet in height, designed on the lines of the old tower of Windleshaw Abbey. The sanctuary has a width of 25 feet by 20 feet deep, and on each side of the chancel is placed a three-light traceried window. Similar windows are placed in each bay of the nave, and traceried two-light windows of like design in the aisles. The lighting of the west church is by a large rose window. The church has seating accommodation for 450 people. The work has been carried by Mr. Isaac Vose from the designs of Messrs. Pugin and Pugin, architects, London and Liverpool [Building News 4 August 1911 page 149]

Reference           Building News 4 August 1911 page 149