Roman Catholic Church of St Matthew
Roman Catholic Church of St Matthew, Queens Drive
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391514
- Date first listed:
- 30-Aug-2005
- List Entry Name:
- Roman Catholic Church of St Matthew
- Statutory Address:
- Roman Catholic Church of St Matthew, Queens Drive
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391514
- Date first listed:
- 30-Aug-2005
- List Entry Name:
- Roman Catholic Church of St Matthew
- Statutory Address 1:
- Roman Catholic Church of St Matthew, Queens Drive
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:
- Roman Catholic Church of St Matthew, Queens Drive
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Liverpool (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ3807893725
Details
392/0/10242
Clubmore
QUEENS DRIVE
Roman Catholic Church of St Matthew
30-AUG-05
II
Roman Catholic church, completed 16th March 1930, designed by F X Velarde, a Lancashire/Liverpool architect of note, built for Matthew Honan FRIBA, killed in action in 1916. Built of red brick with red pantile roof. Plan form: nave and aisles, sanctuary with apsidal end, separate side chapel with connection to presbytery, tall campanile on (ritual) north side with green roof. Church aligned north-west to south-east.
EXTERIOR: Nave of six bays with paired round-arched windows with metal frames in each bay, divided by shallow moulded brick pilasters. Double string course at height of door top, brick patterning of arches at eaves and round-head arched windows with metal frames throughout. Smaller windows have curved pattern in metal frames. Shallow apse with blind windows at east end not extending to full height of gable end, and sanctuary of one bay. North aisle has continuous parapet and windows in groups of three, and a door at the west end. West end has central doorway with round-arched top, small paired flanking windows and group of three windows above. Campanile attached to the east end of north side, with door to east, paired window to north, the top, in white marble, having a column at each corner with three round-arched openings to each side and a curved mansard roof. On south side, side chapel at east end with canted bay east end and blind window. Single storey corridor to east leading to presbytery. Presbytery beyond (south of) its front door is altered and not of special interest.
INTERIOR: Arched baldachino structure around altar, tabernacle and reredos in apse, all designed by Velarde. Mosaic tiling on walls of apse and sanctuary as far as chancel arch with abstract and figurative designs, added later. Broad nave with barrel vaulted roof. Nave arcade of exposed brick with wide arches to narrow aisles and brick pilasters supporting arched roof trusses. Original bench pews with fluted-arched ends, rear rows rearranged around carpeted social space. Relief sculptures of the stations of the cross on nave arcade walls, altar front and crucifix by H Tyson Smith. Organ loft and gallery at rear of nave above central narthex/refreshment area. Marble font, without its cover, at the front of the church. Arcade to side chapel blocked apart from entrance door from south aisle. Side chapel has marble altar and painted reredos in apsidal end. Door leading through to presbytery with original windows and doors as far as front door of presbytery, altered beyond.
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE
This Roman Catholic church, designed by the noted architect F X Velarde in 1930, is a fine example of his work, surviving almost unaltered from its original form and displaying a rich and coherent interior.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 492324
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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