Description

BRIGHOUSE WAKEFIELD ROAD, LIGHTCLIFFE
SE 12 NW (north side)

1/190 Tower to Old Church of
St. Matthew
(formerly listed as Old Church
3.1.67 of St Matthew under Lightcliffe)
)
II

Tower to former church 1775 by William Mallinson (Halifax). Hammer-dressed
stone, with ashlar dressings of square section, sheer to the crown which bears
an octagonal arcaded cupola with ball finial. There is a round headed window to
the ground floor with circular opening above. In the belfry is stone taken from
an earlier church on this site inscribed:
'Deo et Sancto Mattaeo
Apostolo Evangelistae
Martyri Sacra
A. O. DC XXIX
D. Wilding, A History of Two Lightcliffe Chapels, Centenary booklet 1979.
N. Pevsner, Yorkshire West Riding, (London 1967), p.642. D. Nortcliffe,
Buildings of Brighouse (Brighouse 1978), p.17. Illustrated in G. Hepworth,
Brighouse its scenery and antiquities (Halifax 1885), p.19.

Listing NGR: SE1398025369

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Old St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7085074

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
• 
  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
• 
  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)