Church Of St Matthias

The Church of St Matthias is a parish church located on St Matthias Road in Sneinton, Nottingham. It was built between 1867 and 1868 by architect T.C. Hine. The chancel was rebuilt around 1950 due to damage from the war. The church is constructed from rockfaced Bulwell stone with blue lias limestone bands, featuring ashlar dressings and concrete tile roofs, and is designed in the Gothic Revival style.

The church has a plinth and a plan that includes a nave with a clerestory and a western bellcote, an apsidal chancel, a vestry, an organ chamber, vestigial aisles, transepts, and a south porch. The exterior of the apse features a conical slate roof and two lancet windows. The nave is notable for its continuous clerestory with cast-iron traceried windows. The west end includes an arched recess with two shouldered doors, a triple lancet window above, and a round window with plate tracery, topped by a gabled bellcote with three openings. The transepts have coped gables and double lancets, with a round window above. The vestry, located to the southeast, has a window on each side, while the south porch features a coped gable and a chamfered pointed arched doorway, along with two round windows on each side.

Inside, the church has painted brick walls and features a pointed chancel arch and side arches supported by round columns with foliage capitals. An oval light is positioned above. The vaulted apse contains stained glass windows from 1913 and 1918. The nave showcases an unusual truss roof with laminated wood arch braces supported by turned wooden arcade posts, along with turned wooden struts and matchboard ceilings. The transepts contain three stained glass windows from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Notable fittings include the original octagonal font, a square wooden pulpit on an ashlar base, and benches. Laminated wood was commonly used for curved roof members in large 19th-century buildings.