St Matthew, Northowram
St Matthew, Northowram
St Matthew’s is a Grade II parish church on Back Clough, Northowram, Calderdale, designed in 1911 by the Halifax firm of Joseph Walsh and Graham Nicholas.
- Location
- Northowram, Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Yorkshire
- City / town
- Northowram
- Address
- Back Clough, Northowram, Yorkshire, HX3 7HL
- Postcode
- HX3 7HL
- Built
- 1911
- Architect
- Joseph Walsh and Graham Nicholas of Halifax
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Matthew
- Diocese
- Leeds
- Parish
- Northowram St Matthew
- Grade
- II
- Style
- Perpendicular Gothic
- Materials
- Snecked local sandstone with graded stone-slate roof
- Grid reference
- SE 113 269
- Opening hours
- Sorry, there are no regular opening times for this church.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby
- Website
- http://www.stmnchurch.org/
Overview
Historic England lists a parish church of 1911 in snecked local sandstone with a graded stone-slate roof. The plan is an aisled nave with south porch, transepts, and a chancel with south chapel, north vestry and a link to a north-east tower. Geograph notes that the almost detached bell tower occupies part of a former quarry site; before this church was built the village was in Coley parish.
The listing describes a spacious interior with simple arcades and an arched-brace nave roof. Principal fittings include an octagonal font carved as a single piece, pews with linenfold ends, sanctuary panelling, and a reredos of 1913 by H. P. Jackson of Northowram with niches of archangels. Part of a former chancel screen by C. H. Stevens (1938) remains. The west end was re-ordered in the 1990s for non-liturgical use. The church is in the Diocese of Leeds.