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St Matthew

St Matthew

Normanton on Trent

Nottinghamshire

C13, C15, restored C19 and C20.

Architectural Features

There is a single gargoyle to each side.

In the belfry are 4 C15 arched 2 light openings with panel tracery.

Single 3 light C15 window with cusping under a flat arch with hood mould and decorative label stops.

The C15 clerestory has 3 windows each with 2 cusped lights under a flat arch.

The north chancel wall with evidence of extension has a plinth and string course to the western most part and a single C15 window with 2 cusped lights under a flat arch and with hood mould.

The south chancel has a central chamfered arched doorway with hood mould over, flanked by single C15 2 light windows with cusping, flat arches, hood moulds and label stops.

The diagonally buttressed south aisle has in the east wall a single C15 3 light window with cusped reticulated tracery under a flat arch with hood mould and label stops over.

The south wall has a single C15 arched 2 light window with tracery, cusping, hood mould and label stops.

To the left is a single C15 2 light window with cusping, flat arch hood mould and label stops The south porch with single ridge cross has a moulded arched entrance supported on 2 slim engaged columns with moulded capitals and hood mould and label stops over.

The west south aisle wall has a single C15 3 light window with tracery and cusping under flat arch with hood mould over.

4 bay C13 nave arcades, the western most bays being cut into by the tower.

In the south chancel wall is a C15 arched and cusped piscina.

The north chancel wall has a fine monument to Roberti Curtys, 1680, consisting of a brass plaque with inscription set into a broad ashlar frame decorated with stylised trees, flora and a crest.

There is a further monument to Philip Hall, 1780, with an urn on the crown and a crest on the decorative apron.

The north chancel has a stained glass window by Mayer & Co., Munich and London, 1855 of Hope and Faith.

The furniture is C19 apart from a C16 oak chest with iron fittings

a C17 altar table with turned legs.