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St Matthew's Church, Haslington

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OS grid reference
  
SJ 737 564

Country
  
England

Website
  
St Matthew, Haslington

Opened
  
1909

Diocese
  
Diocese of Chester

Dedication
  
Matthew the Apostle

Location
  
Haslington, Cheshire

Denomination
  
Anglican

Functional status
  
Active

Status
  
Parish church

Province
  
Province of York

Archdeaconry
  
Macclesfield

St Matthew's Church, Haslington

Address
  
Haslington, Crewe CW1 5SJ, UK

Similar
  
St Nicholas' Chapel, St Michael and All Angels C, St Mark's Church - Antrobus, All Saints Church - Scholar G, St Luke's Church - Oakhanger

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. 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.

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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.

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.

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. The organ was built in 1900 in Steele and Keay, and rebuilt in 1967 by Reeves.

References

St Matthew's Church, Haslington Wikipedia