St Columba's Church, Nottingham
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St Columba's Church, Mansfield Road, Nottingham was a Presbyterian church built in 1898.

The English Presbyterian church on Mansfield Road, Nottingham was located at the intersection with Villa Road. It was founded in 1896 as a daughter church of St Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Nottingham. The new buildings by Brewill
Arthur Brewill
Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur William Brewill DSO, TD, FRIBA was an architect based in Nottingham.-Background and family:...

 and Baily
Basil Baily
Captain Basil Edgar Baily FRIBA was an architect based in Nottingham.-Background and family:He was born in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, son of the architect Charles Baily...

 were started in 1896 and complete by 1900. The church merged with St Andrew's United Reformed Church in 1946 and the buildings were sold.

By 1950 the church was occupied by Emanuel Full Gospel Church, but shortly afterwards, in 1956 the buildings were sold again and were used by the Church of Christ Scientist.

Since 2009 the church has been used by the Shri Raja Sahib Nabh Kanwal Trust.

Presbyterian Ministers

  • Dr John Forbes 1897-1930
  • Gilbert Porteous 1930-1939
  • James Robson 1939-1940
  • C.C.E. Mercer
  • Allan Porter

Organ

The church had a pipe organ installed around 1907 by William Andrews of Bradford. A specification of the organ can be found on the British Institute of Organ Studies
British Institute of Organ Studies
-Aims:The aims of BIOS are* To promote objective, scholarly research into the history of the organ and its music in all its aspects, and, in particular, into the organ and its music in Britain....

 National Pipe Organ Register.

In 1952 this organ was sold and incorporated in the rebuilt organ in St Peter's Church, Nottingham.
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