St Thomas

About

St Thomas' Church is the parish church of Scotton, a village near Harrogate in North Yorkshire, in England. A chapel was built in Scotton in the early Mediaeval period, but it later fell into ruin. In 1349, a new church was founded by William de Nessfield, dedicated to Our Lady. It closed in 1548, and the villagers thereafter worshipped at St Oswald's Church, Farnham. Between 1888 and 1889 a church was built on a new site in Scotton, made available by the destruction of a 60 feet (18 m) high long barrow. The building was designed by C. Hodgson Fowler.

The church consists of a nave and chancel, all the same height, with a bellcote atop the roof where they meet. The east window has stained glass designed by Anne Southeran and installed in 1996.