Description

BRISTOL

ST315874 CLARE ROAD, Cotham
901-1/35/1156 (South side)
01/11/66 Church of St Matthew

II

Church. 1833-5. By Thomas Rickman. Altered c1989. Pennant
rubble and limestone dressings, roof not visible. Aisled nave
and W tower. Perpendicular Gothic Revival style.
A large 6-light transomed window in the gabled E end, with
sill and hood drips, flanked by octagonal ashlar corner
turrets with trefoil-panelled crenellated parapets; 4-centred
arched ribbed aisle doors with narrow trefoiled one-light
windows. N aisle has 5 bays each with 3-light transomed
windows separated by thin buttresses, with an ashlar
crenellated parapet; the clerestory windows have 2 lights and
are blind below the transom, with a parapet above. Similar S
aisle.
The W front has a central 4-stage tower with diagonal
buttresses and an octagonal SW stair turret, diminishing
sharply at weathered stages to a slender spirelet; 4-centred
door in a label with foliage to the spandrels, 2-light
2nd-stage transomed window, and round, blind panel to 3rd
stage; tall 2-light louvred belfry windows with transoms and
cinquefoil heads, cornice parapet and pinnacles; 4-centred
panelled doors to aisles, blocked to make a half-blind window
to the S.
INTERIOR: 4-bay arcade of thin, square-section chamfered
shafts to wide 4-centred arches; niches with corbelled bases
and crocketed ogee hoods and finials between the arches; flat,
panelled ceiling. A c1989 mezzanine has been inserted at the
height of the old galleries, with stairs up from the W, and
the bottoms of the columns enclosed; below are offices and
meeting rooms, services are held in the upper part.
(Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural
History: Bristol: 1979-: 293).

Listing NGR: ST5875274079

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Matthew's Church, Cotham at Wikipedia
• St Matthew's Church, Cotham official website
• Wikidata Q7594692

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