Parish Church Of St Matthew

GREAT LISTER STREET 1. 5104 Nechells Green B7 Parish Church of St Matthew (formerly listed under Saltley) SP 08 NE 7/40 25.4.52 II 2. 1839-40 by William Thomas of Leamington and the first of 5 churches to be built by the Birmingham Church Building Society. Brick. Nave and aisles with shallow chancel and projecting west tower in 3 stages. Lancet windows in the nave with iron glazing bars with geometrical tracery. East window evidently later; of 3 lights surmounted by 2 cinquefoils and a quatrefoil in the apex. Also evidently later the west portal and the tracery in the tower windows. Interior with galleries on 3 sides supported on iron columns, a set of box pews now without their doors and the original pulpit. Open trussed roof with cusping to the braces. Stained glass of the 1880s though mostly in a style reminiscent rather of the 1840s. Altered choir arrangement with early C20 stalls and reredos.

Listing NGR: SP0842888086