Church Of St Clement With St Barnabas And St Matthew

The Church of St Clement with St Barnabas and St Matthew is an Anglican church built between 1822 and 1826 by architect Thomas Hardwick. The main structure was rebuilt in 1953 by Gordon Jackson and Partners along with Norman Haines Design Partnership. It features a combination of stone and yellow brick arranged in Flemish bond, topped with a roof of Welsh slate. The nave and chancel are covered by a single roof, and there is a west portico that includes a tower and spire above.

At the east end, there is a shallow canted full-height central bay, and a single-storey vestry extension added in 1953. A moulded stone cornice runs along the north and south walls, with a rainwater head to the left of the central bay dated 1822. The church has five bays on both the north and south sides, with the westernmost bay retaining its original arrangement of two tiers of windows for the aisles and galleries, while the others now feature single tall round-arched windows. The west front showcases a giant Ionic tetrastyle portico made of stone, flanked by brick wings. The portico has plain Ionic columns positioned in front of antae, with the outer antae engaged. The interior of the portico is lined with ashlar in banded rustication and features a cross-vaulted ceiling.

The wings have round-arched windows set back within a larger round arch, although the westernmost windows are now blocked. Above the portico is a balustrade, and the square central tower is divided into two stages, with the upper stage having two re-entrant angles and round-arched openings fitted with louvres, topped by a slender octagonal spire.

The interior, dating from the 1953 reconstruction, includes a vestibule beneath the west gallery and a single open space divided into a two-bay chancel, nave, and aisles by massive piers. These piers are flanked by Corinthian columns, with two additional columns at the front of the gallery that do not provide support. The ceiling features elaborate plasterwork in a neo-Classical style, and there is a fine 18th-century pulpit that was brought from another location.