Former Church of St Matthew is a Grade II listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1954. Church.
Former Church of St Matthew
- WRENN ID
- outer-brick-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1954
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Former Church of St Matthew, Normanton
- OS grid reference
- SK 932 062
- Coordinates
- 52.64624, -0.62306
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Former Church of St Matthew is a building constructed between 1826 and 1829, with later alterations in 1911. It was designed by Thomas Cundy, Senior and Junior, along with J.B. Gridley from London. The church features an ashlar exterior and a balustraded slate roof. It has a west tower with a west portico and a nave with an apse, all designed in a classical style.
The portico, vestibule, and tower were built from 1826 to 1829 and include a semi-circle of four Ionic columns for the portico, along with two piers and two additional columns in antis on either side of the vestibule. Above the vestibule and tower is a balustrade. The tower has a circular plan with four free-standing Corinthian columns oriented towards the northeast and other directions, topped with a Corinthian entablature and a sloping roof featuring a pine cone finial. This design is reminiscent of the towers at St John's, Smith Square, Westminster.
The nave and apse, added in 1911 by Gridley, are adorned with three leaded windows on either side. These windows are framed by stone shouldered architraves with chamfered lintels and prominent keystones, and are flanked by Ionic pilasters with an entablature and balustrade above. There is a niche on the east end and a north doorway with a two-leaved door. Inside, the nave features a cove with three arches decorated with coffers, while the apse has simple plasterwork.
Local climate
Former Church of St Matthew sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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