St Matthias' Church, Nottingham

St Matthias' Church, Nottingham
52°57′29″N 1°7′48″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.

Anglican Church

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]

Anglican incumbents

• 1869-1882 Frederick Armine Wodehouse[4]
• 1882-1890 Arthur Powys Woodhouse
• 1890-1892 George Perry-Gore
• 1892-1900 William Henry Castell Malton
• 1900-1903 William Walker
• 1903-1904 Anonymous
• 1904-1912 Ralph Mowbray Howard
• 1912-1931 John Henry Tomlinson
• 1931-1954 Frederick Llewellyn Forsaith Rees
• 1955-1990 Kenneth Leigh Bennett
• 1990-1993 William Albert Porter
• 1994-2002 Rodney Frederic Brittain Smith
• 2003- Malcolm Crook

Organ

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.

Organists

• E. Stevenson ???? - 1883

Coptic Orthodox Church

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.

See also

• Listed buildings in Nottingham (St Ann's ward)

References

1. The Buildings of England: Nikolaus Pevsner, Nottinghamshire. 1979 ^[full citation needed]
2. UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
3. Historic England. "Church of St Matthias (1078254)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
4. Lists of the Clergy of Central Nottinghamshire, Thoroton Society Record Series XV, Keith Train. 1953

External links

• Detailed history of the church on the Southwell Diocesan Church History project
• St. Mary & St. George's Coptic Orthodox Church