Church of St Matthew is a Grade II* listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1968. A Victorian Church.
Church of St Matthew
- WRENN ID
- calm-eave-crag
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Northampton North MP: Lucy Rigby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1968
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Church of St Matthew, Kettering Road, Northampton
- OS grid reference
- SP 767 621
- Coordinates
- 52.25208, -0.87736
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Matthew, built between 1891 and 1894 by Matthew Holding, is a large and tall structure designed in a style reminiscent of the 13th century. It is constructed of squared rubble and ashlar, topped with a Welsh slated roof. The church features transepts, an apsed chancel, and a northwest tower with a spire. Inside, there is a vaulted chancel and a timber roof in the nave, supported by trusses on stone arches with lightly pierced spandrels. The church contains notable stained glass that dates to around the same time as its construction. In the north transept, there is a stone sculpture of the Madonna and Child created by Henry Moore in 1944, and in the south transept, there is a painting of the Crucifixion by Graham Sutherland from 1946.
Local climate
Church of St Matthew sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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