Description

SJ 75 NW HASLINGTON C.P. CREWE ROAD

2/68 The Church of St Matthew

12.1.67 II

Parish church 1810 (foundation stone) chancel 1909 by R T Longden.
Brown brick with slate roof, 3-bay nave. West entrance is in a gabled
porch, only slightly lower than the gable of the nave. Pair of oak
doors in recessed semicircular arched opening surmounted by lunette
window. Pedimented porch gable has twice stepped stone cornice with
matching treatment to verges, in brickwork, and clock in the tympanum.
The nave gable is similarly pedimented, in brickwork throughout, and
has a timber louvred bell turret with lead ogee cupola. The semi-
circular headed, multiglazed, nave windows have stone sills, stone
band at springing line, keystones and relieving arches 4 courses
higher. The chancel has a seven-light, late C14 style, east window,
with flat headed windows, with geometrical tracery, to north and south
flanking walls.
Interior: Elaborately moulded, slightly pointed, chancel arch dies
into flanking piers, and a similarly arched recess houses the organ on
the south side of the chancel. The choir is separated from the nave
by a plain wall with bevelled coping. Oak reredos has frieze with
grapevine motif. Carved communion rail in gothic style. Dado height
wainscotting to nave walls. Two timber and one bronze and marble wall
mounted memorial plaques. Panelled balcony, segmental on plan, over
the nave's inner pair of 3 panel doors. Three-post chancel roof truss
with level tie beam and braces to purlins. Nave has segmental
plastered ceiling above moulded cornice. The foundation stones at the
west and east end of the church name the patrons as being Sir T
Broughton and Sir D L Broughton respectively.

Listing NGR: SJ7377356060

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Matthew's Church, Haslington at Wikipedia
• St Matthew's Church, Haslington official website
• Wikidata Q7594694

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