St John the Baptist's Church, Old Colwyn
| The Church of St Catherine & St John the Baptist, Old Colwyn | |
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| Coordinates: 53°17′26″N 3°41′51″W / 53.2906°N 3.6974°W | |
| OS grid reference | SH 869 784 |
| Location |
Station Road, Old Colwyn, Conwy County Borough |
| Country | Wales |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | St John, Old Colwyn |
| History | |
| Dedication | St John the Baptist |
| Consecrated | 13 August 1903 |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish Church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II* |
| Designated | 9 September 1994 |
| Architect(s) |
Douglas and Minshull Douglas, Minshull and Muspratt |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 18 October 1899 |
| Completed | 1912 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials |
Limestone with sandstone dressings and interior Green slate roof with red terracotta ridge tiles |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Colwyn |
| Deanery | Rhos |
| Archdeaconry | St Asaph |
| Diocese | St Asaph |
| Province | Wales |
| Clergy | |
| Rector | Revd Canon D Quentin Bellamy MA BMus |
| Priest(s) | Rev Gwenda Cooper |
| Honorary priest(s) | Revd Gordon Howells |
| Laity | |
| Organist/Director of music | Christine Amos |
The Church of St Catherine & St John the Baptist, Old Colwyn, is on Station Road, Old Colwyn, in Conwy County Borough, Wales. It is the Parish Church of Colwyn, in the deanery of Rhos, the archdeaconry of St Asaph and the diocese of St Asaph.[1] St John's was built as the daughter church of St Catherine's Church, Abergele Road, Colwyn.[2] It is designated by Cadw as a Grade II* listed building.[3]
History
The church was built for the English-speaking community when the services at St Catherine's were conducted in Welsh. It was designed by the Chester firm of Douglas and Minshull. The foundation stone was laid in 1899 by Mrs Eleanor Frost who also paid for many of the church furnishings, including the reredos, altar, rails, screen and the pulpit. The tower was added in 1912 after the death of John Douglas, when the firm was known as Douglas, Minshull and Muspratt.[2] In 2013, on the closure of the Parish Church of St Catherine, St John's was re-dedicated as The Church of St Catherine & St John the Baptist, Old Colwyn.
Architecture
The external walls are built in local limestone with Runcorn sandstone dressings. The internal walls are in ashlar Cheshire sandstone.[4] The tower is at the west end and the roof has the style of a double hammerbeam. The stained glass in one of the windows in the south aisle is by Charles Kempe.[4]
External features
The entrance gate to the churchyard is a Grade II listed building.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Benefices, Diocese of St Asaph, retrieved 20 December 2013
- 1 2 St John's, Church in Wales, retrieved 20 December 2013
- 1 2 Church of St John, Old Colwyn, Cadw, retrieved 20 December 2013
- 1 2 Hubbard, Edward (1986), Clwyd, The Buildings of Wales, London: Penguin, p. 257, ISBN 0-14-071052-3
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