Church of St Matthew is a Grade II listed building in the Derby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1967. Church. 1 related planning application.

Church of St Matthew

WRENN ID
fallow-pewter-tide
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Derby
Constituency
Derby North MP: Catherine Atkinson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 February 1967
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Matthew, Church Lane, City of Derby
OS grid reference
SK 350 387
Coordinates
52.94475, -1.47937
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Matthew was built between 1818 and 1819 and extended from 1895 to 1896. It was designed by architect Moses Wood of Nottingham and is constructed from stone with a slate roof. This Gothic style church features an aisleless nave and a west tower with pinnacles. The chancel, sanctuary, sacristy, and vestry were added during the 1895-96 extension, also funded by Walter Evans. The churchyard contains slate plaques that commemorate the lives of Evans employees and local villagers.

Nearby, the 18th and 19th century houses and schoolrooms in Darley Abbey, built by various generations of the Evans family for their workers, are noteworthy as a group and can be compared to the Arkwright settlement at Cromford and the Strutt settlements at Belper and Milford.

Local climate

Church of St Matthew receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 1998
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