Church of St Matthias is a Grade I listed building in the Hackney local planning authority area, England. Church. 2 related planning applications.
Church of St Matthias
- WRENN ID
- lost-belfry-tide
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Hackney
- Constituency
- Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP: Ms Diane Abbott (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Matthias, Wordsworth Road N16, N16 8DD
- OS grid reference
- TQ 332 854
- Coordinates
- 51.55255, -0.07943
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Matthias, built in 1851 by William Butterfield, features a tall nave with low, pent aisles and a saddleback crossing tower. The chancel is short and lower, with aisles that are steeply gabled at right angles. Constructed from stock brick with stone dressings, it includes a corbel table at the eaves and below the parapet of the tower. The high-pitched slated roof adds to its distinctive character, which is notable despite being built at low cost and incorporating thoughtful details.
The most striking feature of the tower is its very long bell openings, complemented by freely-adapted late Decorated type window tracery. Inside, the nave consists of five bays supported by alternate octagonal and compound piers. There is a tall chancel arch and half-arches at the east of the aisles, while the north-west porch boasts a cusped timber roof.
Local climate
Church of St Matthias sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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