St Christopher's Church, Sneinton

St. Christopher's Church, Sneinton
The Church of St. Christopher with St. Philip, Sneinton
Coordinates: 52°57′00″N 1°7′29″W / 52.95000°N 1.12472°W / 52.95000; -1.12472
Country United Kingdom
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship Open Evangelical
Website achurchnearyou.com/sneinton-st-christopher
History
Founded Church of England
Dedication St. Christopher
Architecture
Architect(s) Frank Edwin Littler
Groundbreaking 1909
Completed 1910
Administration
Parish Sneinton
Diocese Diocese of Southwell
Province York

St. Christopher's Church, Sneinton is a Church of England church in Sneinton Nottingham.[1]

History

St. Christopher's Church, Sneinton was consecrated by Rt. Revd. Edwyn Hoskyns the Bishop of Southwell on 1 December 1910. It replaced a tin church which had been opened in 1902 on the same site. It became the main church for St Christopher's, from the original church built on Meadow Lane, nr Trent Bridge in 1885, which was retained as a mission church.

The church was badly damaged in the air raid on Nottingham on 8 and 9 May 1941 (the same raid which destroyed St. John the Baptist's Church, Leenside, Nottingham nearby. Only the walls were left standing. Until restoration work was completed in 1952,[2] the church joined with St. Philip's Church, Pennyfoot Street, and when St. Philip's Church was demolished in 1963, its name was joined with that of St. Christopher's. The original church on Meadow Lane was destroyed in the same air raid that damaged the main building.[3]

A full history of the church can be found on the Southwell DAC Church History Project website.

Organ

The 2 manual pipe organ dates from the rebuilding of the church in 1953 and is by Cousins of Lincoln. The reeds were voiced by Billy Jones. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

References

  1. The Buildings of England. Nottinghamshire. Nikolaus Pevsner
  2. Nottingham Evening News 6 Dec 1952
  3. <church archives>
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