Tower to Old Church of St Matthew is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1967. Church tower. 2 related planning applications.

Tower to Old Church of St Matthew

WRENN ID
silver-panel-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 January 1967
Type
Church tower
Address
Tower to Old Church of St Matthew, Wakefield Road
OS grid reference
SE 139 253
Coordinates
53.72456, -1.78961
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tower to the former Church of St. Matthew was built in 1775 by William Mallinson from Halifax. It is constructed of hammer-dressed stone with ashlar dressings that are square in section, tapering to the crown. At the top, there is an octagonal arcaded cupola with a ball finial. The ground floor features a round-headed window, and above it is a circular opening. The belfry contains stone taken from an earlier church on this site, which is inscribed with the words: 'Deo et Sancto Mattaeo Apostolo Evangelistae Martyri Sacra A. O. DC XXIX'. This tower was formerly listed as the Old Church of St. Matthew.

Local climate

Tower to Old Church of St Matthew sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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