St Matthew's Church, Widcombe
| St. Matthew's Church | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Victorian architecture |
| Town or city | Widcombe, Bath |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 51°22′34″N 2°21′7″W / 51.37611°N 2.35194°WCoordinates: 51°22′34″N 2°21′7″W / 51.37611°N 2.35194°W |
| Construction started | 1846 |
| Completed | 1847 |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | Bath Stone masonry |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | G. P. Manners |
St Matthew's Church in Widcombe is located on Cambridge Place in Widcombe, the southeastern section of Bath, Somerset. Built 1846-1847 principally to designs by Bath City Architect George Phillips Manners, it is situated above the Widcombe Locks of the Kennet and Avon Canal and opposite the Church Room Institute on Cambridge Place. It is one of two churches in the parish of Widcombe, the other being the much older St Thomas à Becket.
The church is dismissively described by Pevsner in his Buildings of England guides as "St. Matthew, Cambridge Place, Widcombe. 1846–7 by Manners & Gill. Dull, in the Dec[orative] style, with a [south] tower carrying a broach spire."[1]
The tall spire holds 6 bells.
Refurbishment during the 1970s adapted the church for use as a parish hall and provided meeting rooms and venues for various events.[2]
The parish is part of the benefice of Bath Widcombe within the Bath deanery.[2]
References
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner, The Buildings of England: North Somerset and Bristol, (Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1958), 107
- 1 2 "St Matthews, Bath, Widcombe". Church of England. Retrieved 6 November 2011.