The Church Of St Matthew

The Church of St Matthew is a parish church built in 1810, with the chancel added in 1909 by R T Longden. It is constructed of brown brick and features a slate roof, with a three-bay nave. The west entrance is located in a gabled porch that is only slightly lower than the nave's gable. This entrance has a pair of oak doors set in a recessed semicircular arched opening, topped by a lunette window. The porch gable is pedimented and has a twice stepped stone cornice, with a similar treatment on the verges in brickwork, and a clock in the tympanum. The nave gable is also pedimented in brickwork and includes a timber louvred bell turret with a lead ogee cupola. The nave windows are semi-circular headed, multi-glazed, with stone sills, a stone band at the springing line, keystones, and relieving arches positioned four courses higher. The chancel features a seven-light east window in the late 14th century style, with flat-headed windows with geometrical tracery on the north and south flanking walls.

Inside, the church has an elaborately moulded, slightly pointed chancel arch that connects to flanking piers. There is a similarly arched recess on the south side of the chancel that houses the organ. The choir is separated from the nave by a plain wall with bevelled coping. An oak reredos features a frieze with a grapevine motif, and there is a carved communion rail in a gothic style. The nave walls are lined with dado height wainscoting. There are two timber memorial plaques and one bronze and marble wall-mounted memorial plaque. A panelled balcony, which is segmental in plan, is positioned over the inner pair of three-panel doors of the nave. The chancel roof has a three-post truss with a level tie beam and braces to the purlins, while the nave has a segmental plastered ceiling above a moulded cornice. The foundation stones at the west and east ends of the church identify the patrons as Sir T Broughton and Sir D L Broughton, respectively.