St Christopher's Church, Sneinton
| St. Christopher's Church, Sneinton | |
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| The Church of St. Christopher with St. Philip, Sneinton | |
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| Coordinates: 52°57′00″N 1°7′29″W / 52.95000°N 1.12472°W | |
| 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.