Useful information
Patron
The Archbishop of Canterbury and Church Society Trust (jointly)
Episcopal Area
Kingston Episcopal Area
Deanery
Lambeth North Deanery
Archdeaconry
Lambeth Archdeaconry
Details of the Church
Built
1822
Architect
C F Porden
Listing
2*
St Matthew’s Church is an enormous Victorian building in the centre of Brixton at the heart of a conservation area. It is another of the ‘Waterloo’ churches.
During the 1970’s and 1980’s the interior was significantly but insensitively re-ordered to provide a range of community facilities. The building was significantly refurbished in 1993-4 to provide new resources for the area. Amongst all the other facilities, it continues to house the Anglican Church of St Matthew’s, continuing the tradition of Christian worship on the site .
The old church of East Brixton, St Jude was made redundant in 1980 and has been converted into a furniture warehouse.
