Rugby: St Matthew

Name:
Rugby: St Matthew
Record Type:
Closed Church
Church code:
611121
Diocese:
Coventry
Archdeaconry:
Coventry
Parish:
St. Matthew and St Oswald

Statutory Designation Information

Listed Building?
This is a Grade II Listed Building
View more information about this Listed Building on the National Heritage List for England web site
Scheduled Monument?
There is no Scheduled Monument within the curtilage or precinct

National Park

The church is not in a National Park

Conservation Area

The church is in the following Conservation Area: Rugby Town Centre

Heritage At Risk Status

On Heritage At Risk Register?
This church is not on the Heritage at Risk Register
 

Approximate Date

Approximate Date:
Victorian/Pre-WWI

Exterior Image

Exterior photograph of 611121 Rugby: St Matthew
Caption:
Exterior photograph of 611121 Rugby: St Matthew
Description:
Photograph Taken on 5 February 2007
Year / Date:
2007
Copyright:
Archbishops' Council
Originator:
Archbishops' Council

Summary Description

A large early Victorian neo-Gothic church of smooth yellow York stone ashlar, set on the south-western edge of Rugby town centre. The church was built in 1841 as a chapel-of-ease to the medieval parish church of St Andrew. It was designed by R C Hussey, Rickman’s partner, who continued the practice after the latter retired. St Matthew’s is a lancet church, still in the naïve pre-archaeological Gothic Revival version of the Early English style.

Visiting and Facilities

The church is closed for worship.
Date closed for worship: Unknown
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Church Website

Church Website:
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Sources and Further Information

James Miles (2018) Closed Churches [Digital Archive/Data]
ICBS (1817-1989) Incorporated Church Building Society Archive https://images.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/luna/servlet/detail/LPLIBLPL~34~34~158757~121720 [Archive/Graphic material]

Ground plan

ICBS File Number - 11237

Coverage - 1914

Created by SAMSON, Charles Henry: b. 1837 - d. 1925 of Rugby

Archbishops' Council (2007) Interior photograph of 611121 Rugby: St Matthew [Digital Archive/Graphic material]
Interior photograph of 611121 Rugby: St Matthew
Archbishops' Council (2007) Exterior photograph of 611121 Rugby: St Matthew [Digital Archive/Graphic material]
Exterior photograph of 611121 Rugby: St Matthew
Church Buildings Council (2019) Church Bells 1 Bell [Archive/Index]
1 Bell