St Matthew's Church, Leicester
St Matthew's Church, Leicester was a Church of England church on Montreal Road, Leicester from 1867 to 1988.
History
The foundation stone of St Matthew's Church was laid on 4 October 1865 by William Perry-Herrick Esq of Beaumanor Hall.This church was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the thirteenth century style. It was constructed with granite from Mountsorrel with brick and freestone window surrounds and buttresses. It was a hall church with nave, aisles, chancel and tall lancets. A tower was planned but never completed. The aisles were divided from the nave by arcades of six arches on each side, supported alternately by cylindrical stone columns, and clustered columns composed of brick, surrounded by stone shafts. The roof was of stained deal, with the plaster between the beams stencilled from designs by the architect. Gas lighting was provided by Skidmore's works at Coventry, and the heating by Haden of Trowbridge.
The church was consecrated on 1 May 1867 by the Bishop of Peterborough, Rt. Revd. Francis Jeune.
The church was demolished in 1988 to make way for new housing.
Incumbents
- T. Henry Jones 1867 - 1869
- George Venables 1869 - 1874
- William Clavell Ingram 1874 - 1893
- Maurice Theodore Brown 1893 - 1911
- Frederick Billingsley Ambrose Williams 1913 - 1918
- E. E. Smith 1918 - 1923
- J.R. Quarterman 1923 - 1938
- Victor Frederick Hambling 1938 - 1942
- J.W. Burford 1942 - 1952
- William Norman Waring 1952 - 1959
- Kenneth Frank Middleton 1960 - ca. 1981