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: 1351142
Location
CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
| County |
District |
District Type |
Parish |
| Hampshire | East Hampshire | District Authority | Selborne |
National Park: SOUTH DOWNS
Grade: II*
Date first listed: 31-Jul-1963
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 142981
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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
SELBORNE BLACKMOOR
SU 73 SE
6/9 Church of St Matthew
31.7.63
II*
Parish church. 1868, by Alfred Waterhouse, for Sir Roundell Palmer (lst Earl
of Selborne). Stone and tile. Geometrical Gothic, with bold decorative
treatment; aisleless nave of 4 bays, chancel of 2 bays, north vestry, south
porch, and west tower. Plain roof, with small triangular lucarnes above the
nave. Walls of ashlar malmstone with Bath stone dressings; corbels to the
eaves, stepped buttresses linked to moulded impost and cill bands, plinth.
Geometrical tracery, 2-light windows to the nave, 3 to the chancel, 5 to east
and west windows. Tower of 4 stages, pyramid tile roof, plain parapet above
corbels with corner gargoyles, coupled traceried openings to the bell stage,
coupled lancets below a circular window (one a clock face), a large west window
above a west doorway, buttresses (diagonal at the west corners) and an octagonal
south-east stair turret. Gabled south porch, with buttresses. The interior is
rich in decoration and fittings, again in full mid-Gothic treatment, with
commemorative monuments to the donating family.
Listing NGR: SU7741632839
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National Grid Reference: SU 78050 33563
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