St. Paul's Church, Hyson Green is a former

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parish church in

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History

The church was built to designs by the architect

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and opened in 1844 by Rt. Revd. John Kaye the

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. The chancel was added in 1889-1891 by the architect

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. In 1994 the congregation merged with St. Stephen's Church, Hyson Green, and it closed. The building was then converted into residential accommodation by a housing association.

Organ

A two manual pipe organ was built by Charles Lloyd and opened with a recital by

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on 19 December 1865.

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Churches completed in 1844