Church Of St Stephen

The Church of St Stephen is a parish church dating to 1837-39, with significant additions from 1909-12. It is located on Dale Street in Sneinton, Nottingham. The original tower and part of the south transept were designed by Rickman & Hussey, while the remainder was completed by CG Hare of Bodley & Hare. The church is constructed of coursed square stone with ashlar dressings, covered by concrete tile roofs, and built in the Gothic Revival style.

The building follows a cruciform plan, incorporating a chancel with a vestry, nave, aisles, transepts, and a crossing tower. The exterior features a plinth, buttresses, plain parapets, and coped gables. Pointed arched windows, predominantly featuring two lights with simple tracery, are characteristic. The chancel east end is blank, punctuated by a central buttress. Vestries flank the chancel, one with a flat-headed window of three lights and an east door, the other with two smaller windows. The nave's clerestory has pairs of slit lights. A large four-light window is positioned at the west end, and the north and south aisles each possess multiple windows and doors. A pointed arched double door with a hood mould is situated at the west end of each aisle, above which is a two-light mullioned window. The transepts have two windows apiece within the gable, flanking a buttress. A single-bay projection extends to the southwest, containing one window. The two-stage square tower has shallow clasping buttresses; the lower stage features roundels with clock faces to the north and west. The bell stage exhibits pointed arched double openings flanked by narrower blanks.

The chancel interior is ashlar, while the rest is rendered. The chancel has a low-pitched, panelled ceiling with bosses, and a north-facing door. The crossing features a single-bay vault with moulded ribs. Pointed arched openings accommodate a traceried wooden screen and organ case to the south. The nave arcades consist of four bays with moulded piers and arches lacking capitals, and a wooden barrel vault with moulded ribs. A plain window is situated at the west end. The aisles display exposed ashlar and concrete transverse arches overhead. Pointed arched doorways are set within the west ends. The north aisle contains two stained glass windows dated to the late 19th century. A stained glass window from 1917 is present in the south aisle. The north transept, known as St George's Chapel, has a cross beam ceiling and panelling dating to 1931. The south transept contains a rendered vault and a stained glass window from 1938. An archway leads east to the Lady Chapel, featuring a cross beam ceiling, panelled wainscotting, and stained glass windows dating to the late 19th century and 1944.

Notable fittings include an elaborate wooden reredos in the German 15th century style, a panelled reredos with a niche and figure in the north chapel, a three-tower organ case, and an octagonal font with a spire cover, all designed by CG Hare. Return stalls, originating from St Mary’s church, Nottingham and dated 1848, feature misericords. An eagle lectern, dating to 1883, is also present. A triptych war memorial by Hare, created in 1927, is amongst the memorials.