Description

LEEKFRITH C.P. MEERBROOK SJ 96 SE 5/112 Church of St Matthew - GV II*

Parish church. 1868 and 1873 by Richard Norman Shaw. Rough-faced coursed rubble; tiled roof with verge parapets to nave and south porch, central tower and chancel. C14 inspired style. Nave: of 1873; 3 bays on plinth with 2-stage buttresses only to sides of west gable; 3-light pointed windows labelled, with trefoil heads to sides and roundels in larger west window; low-sided porch to south-west end with pointed arch entry, moulded imposts and wrought iron strap hinges and bands over boarded doors. Tower: of approximately 3 stages, cambered-in below the top stage and with strings between half-stages, attached to, but narrower than east end of nave; buttresses to north and south sides of 3 stages, all dying-in at the bell chamber level; heavily rebated 2-light labelled pointed window to lower stage; paired pointed bell chamber windows to north and south sides and paired quatrefoils to east and west; pyramidal roof over, the salient feature of this church. Chancel: of one bay; 2-light pointed windows and 3-light to east end. [Andrew Saint: Richard Norman Shaw (1976)].

Listing NGR: SJ9890760834

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