Ive just been on my Lost Churches of Nottingham City Centre Walk. First up was St Mark's Church on Huntingdon Street (formerly Windsor Street). Built in 1856/57, closed in 1939 and demolished in 1957.
Next up was St Stephen's Church, Bunker's Hill. Built in 1859 but was demolished to make way for Great Central Railways station (Nottingham Victoria). Now lost underneath IntuVictoria Centre.
Holy Trinity Church, was next on the walk. Built in 1840 with an iconic spire that made the church one of the tallest structures in the city. The spire was damaged in 1941 and removed due to concerns of collapse. The church was demolished in 1956.
Next was St Matthew's Church on Talbot Street. First opened in 1856 and located atop a sandstone outcrop near Wollaton Street. The church closed in 1954 and demolished in 1957. Many of the fittings were transferred to the then new St Matthew's Church in Bestwod.
Following St Matthew's, I then went to the first of the new churches in Nottingham, since the dissolution of the monasteries, St James's on Standard Hill. The church was built in 1809 and destroyed in 1935. It was described as plain and ugly.
Next up the grandest of Nottingham's lost churches, St Paul's on George Street. Opened in 1822 and designed in a classical Palladian style. A huge loss for the city when it was demolished in 1925.
On the neighbouring street, Broad Street was the Broad Street Wesleyan Church. Built in 1839 and is allegedly where William Booth was converted. The church closed in 1954 and is now where the Broadway Cinema is located.
Next stop the High Pavement Unitarian Chapel, now the Pitcher and Piano pub. Built in 1876 and was a place of worship until 1982, and for a brief period the Nottingham Lace Museum.
The second to last church on my walk, St John the Baptist, Leenside. Consecrated in 1844 and regularly hosted large congregations, with 3 services reaching attendances of up to 1600 people. The church was destroyed by a German bomb during the Nottingham Blitz in 1941.
The final church on my walk, St Philip's Church on Pennyfoot Street. Cretaed in 1879 to relieve pressure on surrounding parish churches but due to the slum clearances of the 1960s, attendance shrank and the church closed in 1963, and demolished in 1964.
The walk was inspired by @holland_tom and his numerous historical walks around London
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