Listed Building record MDR4569 - St Matthew's Church, Derby

St Matthew's Church, Derby, 1818-19, extended 1895-96 St Matthew. 1818-19 by Moses Wood of Nottingham for Walter Evans. Stone, unaisled, of Commissioners' type, with tall slender windows with Perpendicular tracery and angle pinnacles. The west tower is pinnacled too. Chancel 1885-91. (1) Built 1819. Part of the village built by the Evans between 1782 and about 1825 for their workers. (2) From the National Heritage List for England: 893/9/53 CHURCH LANE 13-FEB-77 DARLEY ABBEY CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW GV II 1818-19 extended 1895-96. Architect: Moses Wood of Nottingham. Stone with slate roof. Gothic style church consisting of aisleless nave and pinnacled west tower. Built at the expense of Walter Evans. Chancel, sanctuary, sacristy and vestry added 1895-96 at the expense of Walter Evans II. The churchyard has slate plaques commemorating the lives of Evans employees and villagers. The C18 and C19 houses and schoolrooms in Darley Abbey built by various generations of the Evans family for their workers are of interest as a group to be compared with the Arkwright settlement at Cromford and the Strutt settlements at Belper and Milford. Listing NGR: SK3508238721. (3)