Church of St Matthew is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1958. Church. 2 related planning applications.
Church of St Matthew
- WRENN ID
- roaming-lantern-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1958
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Matthew, Great Peter Street Sw1, City of Westminster, SW1P 2BU
- OS grid reference
- TQ 298 792
- Coordinates
- 51.49712, -0.13067
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Matthew is a church built between 1849 and 1851 by Sir George Gilbert Scott, located on Great Peter Street in the City of Westminster. It is designed in the 13th century Gothic style, constructed from ragstone with ashlar dressings. The church features a massive and imposing south tower, which serves as the main entrance and is supported by angle buttresses. The tower was originally intended to be topped with a spire. The interior, which was gutted by fire in 1982, had aisles flanking the nave and included fine fittings. Restoration of the interior and fabric took place in 1984.
Local climate
Church of St Matthew sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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- 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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