Country United Kingdom Churchmanship Open Evangelical Architect(s) Frank Edwin Littler Phone +44 115 924 0046 Founded Church of England | Denomination Church of England Dedication St. Christopher Opened 1910 Parish Sneinton Groundbreaking 1909 | |
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Website achurchnearyou.com/sneinton-st-christopher Address Colwick Rd, Nottingham NG2 4AL, UK Diocese Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham Similar St Giles Church, St Mary's Church, Saint Wilfrid's Church, St Mary's Church Wollaton, St Mark's Church | ||
St. Christopher's Church, Sneinton is a Church of England church in Sneinton Nottingham.
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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, near 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, 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.
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.