Church of St Matthew
CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1089306
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-1958
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Matthew
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1089306
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-1958
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Matthew
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Cotswold (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Coates
- National Grid Reference:
- SO9726101000
Details
COATES COATES VILLAGE
SO 90 SE
2/9 Church of St. Matthew
26.11.58
II*
Anglican parish church. Norman foundation with nave of C13 and
tower of C15, restored 1861 by John Norton. Coursed rubble stone,
stone slate roofs with coped verges and cross finials. West tower,
nave with south aisle and projecting south porch, and north
transept, chancel with small north vestry. Tower of 3 stages with
string courses, with carved heads on top string course, stepped
diagonal buttresses ending in pilaster strips and crocketed
pinnacles at corners of embattled parapet. Louvred belfry windows
with ogee crocketed arches and pinnacles. West face has square-
headed doorway at base, 3-light Perpendicular window over and niche
above on second stage. South west corner has anthropophagus and
niche in buttress. Stair tower in south-east angle. Two-light
Perpendicular windows with square hoodmould flanking south porch
which has inner Norman doorway with chevron arch, and 3-light E.E.
lancet at east end of south aisle. East window is Decorated with
flowing tracery, also 2-light windows on north side of nave.
Interior: 3-bay nave arcade with cylindrical columns with moulded
round capitals with water-holding bases. Trefoiled piscina of C13
in south aisle. Tall arch into tower with quadri-partite vault and
Tudor doorway to stair. Baptistery at south-west corner of aisle
has stone seat around 2 walls and Norman font. Chancel has double-
stepped round Norman arch on north wall and E.E. priest's door on
south side. Tile and mosaic reredos of C19. Some Tudor woodwork
survives in chancel screen. (David Verey, Buildings of England -
Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds, 1979, and local information booklet
in church).
Listing NGR: SO9726101000
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 129301
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Guide to Church of St Matthew Coates, ()
Verey, D, The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire 1 The Cotswolds, (1970)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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