Description

GREAT LISTER STREET
1.
5104
Nechells Green B7
Parish Church of St Matthew
(formerly listed under
Saltley)
SP 08 NE 7/40 25.4.52
II
2.
1839-40 by William Thomas of Leamington and the first of 5 churches to be built by
the Birmingham Church Building Society. Brick. Nave and aisles with shallow chancel
and projecting west tower in 3 stages. Lancet windows in the nave with iron glazing
bars with geometrical tracery. East window evidently later; of 3 lights surmounted
by 2 cinquefoils and a quatrefoil in the apex. Also evidently later the west portal
and the tracery in the tower windows. Interior with galleries on 3 sides supported
on iron columns, a set of box pews now without their doors and the original
pulpit. Open trussed roof with cusping to the braces. Stained glass of the 1880s
though mostly in a style reminiscent rather of the 1840s. Altered choir arrangement
with early C20 stalls and reredos.

Listing NGR: SP0842888086

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Matthew's Church at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q19587200

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)