Church of St Matthew is a Grade II listed building in the New Forest National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 June 1987. Church.
Church of St Matthew
- WRENN ID
- guardian-steeple-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- New Forest National Park
- Constituency
- New Forest East MP: Sir Julian Lewis (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 June 1987
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Matthew, Ringwood Road, Netley Marsh
- OS grid reference
- SU 332 130
- Coordinates
- 50.91613, -1.52851
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Matthew is a parish church built in 1855 by J P Harrison. It features walls made of coursed limestone, a plinth, and stepped buttresses, with windows that have Decorated tracery. The roof is notable for a bell turret that breaks the ridge above the chancel. The nave consists of four bays with narrow aisles that extend to the west bay of the chancel, which has two bays, a small north vestry, and a south porch. The bell turret is topped with a shingled broad spire above a timber-framed bell stage, which is partly shingled, and it rests on a stone base that has a slightly battered form. Inside, a prominent feature is the pair of chancel arches that support the bell turret, which spring from decorative bosses. The chancel is lined with panelling, while the rest of the interior is generally plain, featuring a font in the style of the 15th century.
Local climate
Church of St Matthew receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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