Description

LEEDS

SE2734 ST MATTHIAS' STREET, Burley
714-1/28/1289 (East side)
05/08/76 Church of St Matthias

GV II*

Anglican church. 1854, N aisle and W porch added 1886. By
Perkin and Backhouse; Thomas Moxon of Headingley, builder;
woodwork and carvings by Messrs Winn and Pawson. Coursed
squared gritstone and ashlar, slate roof. Gothic Revival
style.
PLAN: nave, chancel, N and S transepts, N aisle, S tower.
EXTERIOR: large geometrical traceried windows in W end and
transepts. Low N aisle with 3 gables over windows. S tower in
nave/transept angle, angle buttresses with gabled heads,
geometrical traceried belfry opening and stone broach spire,
slightly projecting gabled portal at base.
INTERIOR: nave of 5 bays, 2-bay chancel with arch-braced roof,
boarded panels painted with shields and gilded; screen at S
side tower base, carved and glazed oak doors, traceried infill
above; 8-light E window has stained-glass figures of saints,
the reredos of carved stone has shallow traceried arches with
angels, scrolls, quatrefoils, painted; Caen stone panels with
vines and branches, alabaster chancel wall erected 1893.
FITTINGS: pulpit designed by JL Pearson RA, 1892: alabaster on
polished marble base, theme of Old Testament preachers, in
memory of John Smith. Octagonal font of Caen stone, gift of
Charles Gascoine Maclea of Leeds; fine angel lectern 1913.
MEMORIALS: on W wall of S transept: relief of female figure
and angel in Gothic frame with crocketed pinnacles,
commemorates Anne Catherine Jane, wife of John Smith Esq of
Burley House, banker, d.1854; inscribed with maker's name:
'SPENCE FT. ROME'.
The cost of the church was born by John Smith, the banker,
William Beckett paid for the steeple. The foundation stone was
laid 1853 and the builder was Thomas Moxon of Headingley,
woodwork and carvings by Messrs. Winn and Pawson. The
additions and alterations in 1886 increased the seating
capacity from 450 to 650, a response to the increased
population of the area following sale of land by the Earl of
Cardigan and construction of streets to S and W.
(Aitken, Revd LR: The story of Burley Parish Church, 1854-1954
(leaflet)).

Listing NGR: SE2781334599

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St. Matthias' Church, Burley, Leeds at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q15979529

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