A church in Valverde de Alcalá is known to have existed since 1576, which was likely demolished to build the current Parish Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, which still contains the figures and remains of the original late Gothic altarpiece (late 16th century). The building has a rectangular nave and a wooden choir, as well as a sacristy connected to the sanctuary, where there is an 18th-century crucifix and the remains of a 17th-century gilded altarpiece. The tower, built from stonework and reinforced with limestone ashlars, has three separate sections.
The outside, with plastered walls and stonework details, sits on an old cemetery, adding to its historical, sacred character.
The church has undergone three major works: one in the 17th century to reinforce and expand the church, another in the last third of the 18th century to add a barbican and a tower with a slate capital, and a final one around 1870-1880, during which the sanctuary disappeared.
In 1968, Jesús Serrano Gómez carried out works to prevent damp and rebuilt the wall of the sanctuary in exposed brick. The tower was cut down to the lower choir and a new door was added. Between 2008 and 2010, the Directorate-General for Historical Heritage of the Madrid Region carried out a total rework to restore roofing, the facade, original ceilings, and to replace damaged elements with similar ones.
The Church of St. Thomas the Apostle is a guardian of religious history and art, reflecting architectural and spiritual transformations over the centuries.
