Church of St Matthew is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1967. Church.
Church of St Matthew
- WRENN ID
- young-dormer-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1967
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Matthew, A684, Leyburn
- OS grid reference
- SE 113 903
- Coordinates
- 54.30902, -1.82662
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Matthew is a Grade II listed church built in 1868 by C G Wray. It is constructed of coursed sandstone and features a Welsh slate roof. The church includes a west tower, a nave with a north aisle, a chancel with a north vestry, and a south porch.
The tower has three storeys and is adorned with a three-light Decorated west window, which is situated above a clock. There is a projecting stair turret on the south-east corner, and small lancet windows on the north and south sides of the ringing chamber. The belfry openings are two-light with five-cusped heads and a cinquefoil above. The gabled south porch adds to the entrance's character.
The nave consists of four bays, which are divided by stepped buttresses, and features two-light windows with reticulated quatrefoils. The chancel has two bays and is highlighted by a five-light Decorated east window. Inside, the church has a four-bay arcade supported by circular columns and double-chamfered arches, and the nave is topped with a hammerbeam roof.
Local climate
Church of St Matthew receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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