Description

BRIXTON HILL SW2
1. (east side)
5023

Church of St Matthew
TQ 3075 17/47
TQ 3175 18/47 19.10.51

II*

2.
1822-4 by C F Porden. Greek revival preaching box with east tower. Pale yellowish
brick with dressings of stone and Roman cement. West portico tetrastyle in antis
with fluted Doric columns. Three tall battered doors, with enriched panels,
in eared moulded architraves. Cast iron boot-scrapers by doors. Five-bay
sides with pilasters of Roman cement and entablature. Battered windows with
eared architraves. Stone plinth. On each side, stairs with side walls down
to crypt entrance, a pedimented doorway enclosed by strong, double wrought iron
gates. Stone-faced east end with wide projecting central tower bay with window.
Doors in recessed side bays. Above the entablature, tower has square bell stage
with Doric screens below on octagonal "Tower of the Winds" whose low conical
top has crown and cross. Inside, a wide gallery around 3 sides has Doric organ
case at west. Tall screen of 2 Doric columns before east window. Original
pewing. Some pleasing memorial tablets.

Listing NGR: TQ3098875093

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Matthew's Church, Brixton at Wikipedia
• St Matthew's Church, Brixton official website
• Wikidata Q15979438

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)