Church of St Matthew
CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1374745
- Date first listed:
- 20-Nov-1987
- 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:
- 1374745
- Date first listed:
- 20-Nov-1987
- 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:
- Staffordshire
- District:
- Staffordshire Moorlands (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Leekfrith
- National Park:
- Peak District
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 98907 60834
Details
LEEKFRITH C.P. MEERBROOK SJ 96 SE 5/112 Church of St Matthew - GV II*
Parish church. 1868 and 1873 by Richard Norman Shaw. Rough-faced coursed rubble; tiled roof with verge parapets to nave and south porch, central tower and chancel. C14 inspired style. Nave: of 1873; 3 bays on plinth with 2-stage buttresses only to sides of west gable; 3-light pointed windows labelled, with trefoil heads to sides and roundels in larger west window; low-sided porch to south-west end with pointed arch entry, moulded imposts and wrought iron strap hinges and bands over boarded doors. Tower: of approximately 3 stages, cambered-in below the top stage and with strings between half-stages, attached to, but narrower than east end of nave; buttresses to north and south sides of 3 stages, all dying-in at the bell chamber level; heavily rebated 2-light labelled pointed window to lower stage; paired pointed bell chamber windows to north and south sides and paired quatrefoils to east and west; pyramidal roof over, the salient feature of this church. Chancel: of one bay; 2-light pointed windows and 3-light to east end. [Andrew Saint: Richard Norman Shaw (1976)].
Listing NGR: SJ9890760834
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 275321
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Saint, A, Richard Norman Shaw, (1976)
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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