St Matthew's Church, Chapel Allerton
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Denomination | Church of England |
Churchmanship | Broad Church |
History | |
Dedication | St Matthew |
Administration | |
Province | York |
Diocese | Leeds |
Parish | Chapel Allerton, Leeds |
St Matthew's Church is a Church of England church in Chapel Allerton, Leeds, England, described by Nikolaus Pevsner as a "noble and spacious building" with a "bold, sturdy tower".[1] The church has been Grade II* listed since 1963.[2]
Location
The church is on Wood Lane in Chapel Allerton.
History
The church was built between 1897 and 1898 to a design by George Frederick Bodley, replacing an earlier smaller church. It was built by Stephens and Baslow of Bristol, with glass by Burlison and Grylls.[2] By 1935 the former church had fallen into a state of disrepair and was demolished.
Architectural style
Exterior
The church is of Bath stone and Ancaster stone ashlar. The church has narrow buttresses and a crenellated tower with a clock.
Interior
The church has three light windows set in recesses with quatrefoils. The floor is stone flagged and the nave ceiling wooden tunnel-vaulted. There is an organ on a mezzanine level at the east end of the north aisle. The reredos is carved and gilded wood.
See also
References
- ↑ Pevsner, Nikoloaus; Radcliffe, Enids (1964). Yorkshire The West Riding. Yale University Press. p. 325. ISBN 9780140710175.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Church of St Matthew, Chapel Allerton". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
Further reading
- Kirk, George E. (1949). The Church in Chapel Allerton, Leeds. Yorkshire Archaeological Society. (History of the former chapel and the current building)
- Brown, Michael; Hallett, George (1999). Noble and Spacious: St Matthew's Chapel Allerton 1900–2000. St Matthews, Chapel Allerton. (Mainly about the people and history of church activities)
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