List entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW
List entry Number: 1108532
Location
CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
| County |
District |
District Type |
Parish |
| Devon | South Hams | District Authority | Staverton |
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II*
Date first listed: 21-May-1985
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 100647
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List entry Description
Summary of Building
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
SX 76 NE STAVERTON LANDSCOVE
2/102 Church of St Matthew
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- II*
Parish church. 1849-50 by J L Pearson in Decorated style. Stone rubble with free-
stone dressings. Welsh slate roofs. Nave, chancel, south aisle, south porch and
tower at the east end of the south aisle, in two storeys and with a stone broach
spire with 3 tiers of lucarnes and a po1ygonal stair turret in the angle with the
chancel. Geometric traceried windows, the east window of 5-lights. Buttresses with
set-offs and coped gables with apex crosses. Gabled south porch. Vestry on north
side of chancel with catslide roof and polygonal chimney stack with set-offs.
Interior faced in Bath stone. Three bay arcade with short alternating round and
octagonal piers with moulded capitals and bases and double-chamfered arches. Arch-
braced nave and chancel roofs with cusped wind-braces Contemporary furnishings
intact including wrought iron alter rail, choir stalls, seating, pulpit, lantern,
reredos and font with wrought iron cover.
Listing NGR: SX7744666389
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National Grid Reference: SX 77446 66389
Map
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