St Thomas' Church, Lancaster

St Thomas' was built between 1840 and 1841 to a design by the local architect Edmund Sharpe. One of the subscribers to the church was Queen Victoria who, as Duchess of Lancaster, contributed £150 (equivalent to £ in ). The foundation stone was laid on 3 March 1840, the church opened for worship on 14 April 1841, and it was consecrated on 14 June by Rt Revd John Bird Sumner, Bishop of Chester. In 1852–53 Sharpe's successor, E. G. Paley, added the northeast steeple and the chancel in a similar architectural style. Campbell invested much of his own money into the church, including building the spire, installing an organ and building a church school behind the church. He was succeeded by his son, also Colin, in 1858. It is a member of the Evangelical Alliance and the New Wine network. ==Architecture==

Exterior The authors of the Buildings of England series state that the church has "a grand approach up steps with imposing gatepiers". The three-manual pipe organ was built in 1852 by John Banfield, rebuilt in the 1880s by Richard Tubbs and, between 1920 and 1940, was rebuilt again and moved to its present position at the northeast of the nave by Jardine and Company. ==See also==