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.The Buildings of England: Nikolaus Pevsner, Nottinghamshire. 1979 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 £ in ),.
The chancel was rebuilt in 1950 after it was damaged by enemy action during the Second World War.
Anglican incumbents
1869-1882 Frederick Armine WodehouseLists of the Clergy of Central Nottinghamshire, Thoroton Society Record Series XV, Keith Train. 1953 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
External links Detailed history of the church on the Southwell Diocesan Church History project St Mary & St George's Coptic Orthodox Church