Church Of Saint Matthew

NABURN MAIN STREET SE 54 NE (east side) 4/92 Church of Saint Matthew - II Church. 1854. By G T Andrews. Sandstone ashlar with Welsh slate roof and limestone spire. Early C14 Gothic Revival style. North-west tower, 4-bay nave with south porch and north aisle, 2-bay chancel with vestry to north. 3-stage tower. Buttresses with off-sets and angle stair turret to 2nd stage. Trefoil-headed lancets to each stage, slits to stair turret. Twin- light bell-openings with quatrefoils to heads under hoodmoulds. Broach spire. Nave and recessed chancel. Buttresses with off-sets. South porch has pointed plank doorway in surround with slender columns to jambs. Hoodmould with face stops. 2-light windows with trefoils and quatrefoils to heads. Continuous moulded sill band. Pointed priest's entrance to chancel with plank door and hoodmould. 3-light west window under hood with face stops, with quatrefoil to gable. 3-light east window under hood with face stops. Ashlar coping to gable ends. Interior: 3-bay arcade to north, with double-chamfered cylindrical piers. Double-chamfered chancel arch. Mainly C19 stained glass. Pevsner, N., Yorkshire, York and The East Riding, 1978, p.314.

Listing NGR: SE5989545362