Ditchling Road, St Matthias Church, Brighton

Asset type

Historic building - Place of worship

Local Listing Reference

LLHA0044

Conservation Area (CA)

No CA

Description

1906-7 by Lacy W. Ridge, consecrated 1912. Red brick with pitched clay tile roof in an Early English Style. Main nave of double height with lancet windows and wooden hammer-beam roof. Lower one-storey side aisles. Round tower located to southwest corner, with open belfry surmounted by short shingle spire. Apsidal chancel with large stone mullioned windows (visible from Hollingbury Park Avenue). The church is set back from the road within its own small churchyard. Tall flint and brick gate piers to east and west boundaries.

Source: Carder 1990

A.  Architectural, design and artistic interest

ii. A modest example of a church of this period. Its architectural interest is elevated by the unusual tower.

C. Townscape interest

ii. Not within a conservation area, the building contributes positively to the streetscene

F. Intactness

i. The building appears to survive largely intact

ii. Remains in use as a place of worship

Date of inclusion

2015