Description

SANDWELL MB WINDMILL LANE/ST MATHEWS ROAD
SP 0388 SW
Smethwick
21/170 Church of St Matthew

II

Church. 1855 by Joseph James. Sandstone rubble with some limestone
dressings and tile roof. Comprises a nave with clerestory, north and
south aisles, north and south porches, lower chancel, north vestry and
south organ chamber. At the west end there is a central buttress between
two 2-light pointed windows with geometrical tracery. The west windows of
the aisles are each of one light. A gabled bellcote has two traceried open-
ings and is carried on carved corbels. The aisles are both of four bays
separated by buttresses and have pointed windows with flowing tracery of
various descriptions. The north and south doorways are moulded and pointed,
within gabled open timber porches with stone bases. The clerestory has four
quatrefoiled openings to each bay. The chancel east window is of three
cusped ogee lights with Geometrical tracery. Interior: five-bay nave arcades
of pointed arches chamfered in two orders and springing from round piers
with moulded capitals. The roof trusses have arch-braced collars, alternate
ones having wall posts carried on angel corbels. The pointed chancel arch
is moulded, one order having ball-flower decoration, and has a hood with
head stops. The responds are corbelled shafts which have foliated capitals
which include carved grapes. The north and south windows of the chancel
are of two lights and each has a hood with outer head stops and an inner
carved phoenix. On the south side the organ is set within a pointed arch.
The reredos, pulpit, and chancel rails are of alabaster. The east window
contains glass in memory of Henry Michell, died 1894.

Listing NGR: SP0306388181

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26523305

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