Description

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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Matthew's Church at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17533494

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)