St Matthias' Church, Nottingham | |
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52°57′29″N1°7′48″W / 52.95806°N 1.13000°W | |
Country | England |
Denomination | Church of England |
Churchmanship | Anglo Catholic |
History | |
Dedication | St. Matthias |
Architecture | |
Heritage designation | Grade II listed building |
Architect(s) | Thomas Chambers Hine and Robert Evans |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Groundbreaking | 1867 |
Completed | 1868 |
Construction cost | £3,000 |
Closed | 2003 |
Administration | |
Province | York |
Diocese | Diocese of Southwell |
Parish | Nottingham |
St Matthias' Church, Nottingham, was a Church of England church in Sneinton, Nottingham, between 1868 and 2003. In 2009 the building was reopened as St. Mary & St. George's Coptic Orthodox Church.
It is a Grade II listed building.
The church was designed by Thomas Chambers Hine and Robert Evans. [1] It was consecrated as a chapel of ease in the parish of St. Stephen's Church, Sneinton by The Rt. Revd. John Jackson the Bishop of Lincoln on 6 May 1868. It was built for the sum of £3,000. (equivalent to £340,950 in 2023), [2] .
The chancel was rebuilt in 1950 after it was damaged by enemy action during the Second World War. [3]
The three manual organ was by E. Wragg & Son dating from 1912. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.
In 2006 the building was sold to the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Midlands and is now St Mary and St George's Coptic Orthodox Church.
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