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St Thomas More is a Roman Catholic church in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire. It is part of the Diocese of Clifton.〔(Clifton Diocesan website )〕 Located near the historic Town Bridge, Bradford-on-Avon, and opposite the Swan Hotel (AD. 1500) and the Dandy Lion Pub, the Catholic Church of St. Thomas More is a large and impressive structure. ==History and architecture== It was designed as the small town's town hall and incorporated a police department on its first floor and several other municipal services. The structure was designed by the famous Bath architect Thomas Fuller. The building is of Bath stone, featuring Jacobean gables, an oriel window and an octagonal tower with an onion dome. 〔Bradford-on-Avon website http://www.bradford-on-avon.org/〕 Fuller left England in 1845 for Antigua and then Canada where he designed the Langevin Block of the Parliament of Canada, among other important commissions. Although the town was small, the hall represented Bradford-on-Avon's pride in its wool market. The structural complex was put on the market in the 1930s for 3000 pounds and during the war years it hosted several dances and film screenings. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St Thomas More, Bradford-on-Avon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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