Church of Saint Matthew is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1986. Church.

Church of Saint Matthew

WRENN ID
tall-hall-falcon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
York
Constituency
York Outer MP: Mr Luke Charters (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 March 1986
Type
Church
Address
Church of Saint Matthew, Main Street, Naburn
OS grid reference
SE 598 453
Coordinates
53.90099, -1.08993
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of Saint Matthew is a Grade II listed building, constructed in 1854 by G T Andrews. It is built from sandstone ashlar and features a Welsh slate roof and a limestone spire, showcasing an early 14th century Gothic Revival style. The church includes a north-west tower, a four-bay nave with a south porch and a north aisle, as well as a two-bay chancel with a vestry to the north.

The three-stage tower is supported by buttresses with offsets and has an angle stair turret at the second stage. Each stage features trefoil-headed lancets and slits in the stair turret. The tower has twin-light bell-openings with quatrefoils above them, all set under hoodmoulds, and is topped with a broach spire. The nave and recessed chancel also have buttresses with offsets.

The south porch contains a pointed plank doorway framed by slender columns on the jambs, along with a hoodmould that has face stops. The church features two-light windows with trefoils and quatrefoils above, and a continuous moulded sill band. There is a pointed priest's entrance to the chancel with a plank door and hoodmould, as well as a three-light west window and a three-light east window, both under hoods with face stops and quatrefoils in the gables.

Inside, the church has a three-bay arcade to the north supported by double-chamfered cylindrical piers and a double-chamfered chancel arch. The interior also features mainly 19th-century stained glass.

Local climate

Church of Saint Matthew sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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