Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1969. Church.
Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- lost-obsidian-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 April 1969
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of All Saints, Matfen
- OS grid reference
- NZ 015 742
- Coordinates
- 55.06298, -1.9766
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of All Saints is a chapel of ease dating from the 12th century, which underwent extensive restoration and partial rebuilding around 1845, possibly by Sir Edward Blackett. It is constructed of squared stone and ashlar with a Welsh slate roof. The building features a nave, chancel, and a west bellcote.
The three-bay nave retains much medieval masonry, with the west end supported by two large old buttresses. There are remnants of quoins that may indicate a former tower arch. The south portal, dating from around 1845, has a round arch flanked by three orders of columns and an unmoulded arch, with decorative ironwork on the door. On either side of the portal are flat buttresses, a corbel table, and two tiers of small round-headed windows—two to the left and three to the right.
The three-bay chancel has been restored in the Early English style and includes a priest's door and lancet windows, along with a decorated three-light east window. The north wall of the chancel is blank, while the north wall of the nave features similar detailing with a row of small round-headed windows.
The church has a gabled roof and a large bellcote topped with a stone pyramid roof and a wheel-head cross finial. The base of the bellcote on the west side displays two grotesque beasts' heads.
Inside, there is a 13th-century chamfered chancel arch resting on 12th-century semicircular responds; the north capital is adorned with scallops and saltire crosses, while the south capital features scallops and intersecting arches. The west wall incorporates 19 whole or partial medieval grave covers, along with several architectural fragments. There is also an 18th-century baluster font.
Outside, against the chamfered south wall, there is a headstone for Robert Stott, dated 1800, which is well carved with a scrolled pedimented top, an angel, festoons, and symbols of death and eternity.
Local climate
Church of All Saints receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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