Church of St Matthew
CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1351142
- Date first listed:
- 31-Jul-1963
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1351142
- Date first listed:
- 31-Jul-1963
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hampshire
- District:
- East Hampshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Selborne
- National Park:
- South Downs
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 78050 33563
Details
SELBORNE BLACKMOOR SU 73 SE 6/9 Church of St Matthew 31.7.63 II*
Parish church. 1868, by Alfred Waterhouse, for Sir Roundell Palmer (lst Earl of Selborne). Stone and tile. Geometrical Gothic, with bold decorative treatment; aisleless nave of 4 bays, chancel of 2 bays, north vestry, south porch, and west tower. Plain roof, with small triangular lucarnes above the nave. Walls of ashlar malmstone with Bath stone dressings; corbels to the eaves, stepped buttresses linked to moulded impost and cill bands, plinth. Geometrical tracery, 2-light windows to the nave, 3 to the chancel, 5 to east and west windows. Tower of 4 stages, pyramid tile roof, plain parapet above corbels with corner gargoyles, coupled traceried openings to the bell stage, coupled lancets below a circular window (one a clock face), a large west window above a west doorway, buttresses (diagonal at the west corners) and an octagonal south-east stair turret. Gabled south porch, with buttresses. The interior is rich in decoration and fittings, again in full mid-Gothic treatment, with commemorative monuments to the donating family.
Listing NGR: SU7741632839
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 142981
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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