Description

TL 45 NE CAMBRIDGE ST MATTHEW'S STREET
(East side)
667-/21/10069 Church of St Matthew

II

Church. 1866 by R.R. Rowe. Gault brick with red brick dressings; slate roofs. Greek cross plan consisting of octagonal central core with 4 radiating arms. Each exposed side of centre core lit through 2 paired lancets with central oculus. pyramid roof leading to glazed octagonal lantern, itself with a pyramid roof capped by 4 gablets. Radiating arms pierced by 2 twin lancets with oculi to gable ends, and smaller, similar, paired lancets to flanks. Bell-cote to west arm, with clock faces below. INTERIOR. Preaching house interior as a reaction to Oxford Movement: wide central space with pine-clad roof and lantern. (BOE: Pevsner, N: Cambridgeshire 2nd Edn: Harmondsworth: 1970: 228)

Listing NGR: TL4619158533

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26558659

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)