St Matthew's Church, Haslington

St Matthew's Church, Haslington
West end of St Matthew's Church, Haslington
St Matthew's Church, Haslington Location in Cheshire
Coordinates: 53°06′04″N 2°23′36″W / 53.10110°N 2.39328°W
OS grid reference	SJ 737 564
Location	Haslington, Cheshire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Matthew, Haslington
History
Dedication	St Matthew
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	12 January 1967
Architect(s)	Reginald T. Longden
Architectural type	Church
Groundbreaking	1810
Completed	1909
Specifications
Materials	Brown brick with slate roof
Administration
Parish	Haslington
Deanery	Nantwich
Archdeaconry	Macclesfield
Diocese	Chester
Province	York
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Rev Anne Lawson

St Matthew's Church is in the village of Haslington, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.^[1] It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Nantwich. Its benefice is combined with that of St Michael and All Angels, Crewe Green.^[2]

History

The authors of the Buildings of England series describe this as a church of "two builds", both of which are "handsome". The west part was built in 1810. The east end was built in 1909 and was designed by Reginald T. Longden.^[3]

Architecture

Exterior

The church is built in brown brick with a slate roof. Its plan consists of a three-bay nave and a chancel. The entrance is at the west end through a gabled porch. The doors are in a semicircular arched doorway above which is a lunette window, and over that is a clock face in the tympanum. On the top of the gable and slightly recessed is a timber louvred bell turret with a lead ogee cupola. The nave windows have semicircular heads. The flat-headed east window has seven lights.^[1]

Interior

The reredos is in oak and has a frieze with a grapevine motif. The carved communion rail is in Gothic style. The nave walls have wainscotting to a dado height.^[1] The organ was built in 1900 in Steele and Keay, and rebuilt in 1967 by Reeves.^[4]

External features

The churchyard contains seven war graves, comprising four soldiers and two Royal Navy sailors of World War I, and a soldier of World War I.^[5]

See also

• Listed buildings in Haslington

References

1. Historic England, "The Church of St Matthew, Haslington (1312885)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 1 August 2012
2. Haslington, St Matthew, Church of England, retrieved 9 October 2009
3. Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 391–392, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
4. Haslington St. Matthews, British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 15 August 2008
5. HASLINGTON (ST. MATTHEW) CHURCHYARD, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 3 February 2013