St Ethelwold's Church, Shotton

St Ethelwold's Church, Shotton
St Ethelwold's Church, Shotton, Flintshire, Wales.
Coordinates: 53°12′35″N 3°02′05″W / 53.2096°N 3.0346°W / 53.2096; -3.0346
OS grid reference SJ 309 685
Location Shotton, Flintshire
Country Wales
Denomination Anglican
History
Founder(s) W. E. Gladstone
Dedication St Ethelwold
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Heritage designation Grade II
Designated 18 December 1991
Architect(s) Douglas and Minshull
Architectural type Church
Style Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking 1898
Completed 1902
Specifications
Materials Ashlar sandstone
Administration
Deanery Hawarden
Archdeaconry Wrexham
Diocese St Asaph
Province Wales
Clergy
Vicar(s) Fr Steven Green

St Ethelwold's Church, Shotton, is in the town of Shotton, Flintshire, Wales. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Hawarden, the archdeaconry of Wrexham, and the diocese of St Asaph.[1] It is designated by Cadw as a Grade II listed building.[2]

History

The church building was paid for partly by W. E. Gladstone but construction was not started until after his death; money was collected largely by his son Rev. Stephen Gladstone.[3] It was built between 1898 and 1902 to a design by Douglas and Minshull of Chester in Gothic Revival style.[4] It was intended that the church should have a tower and a spire, but these architectural features were not included at the time.[5] The lower stage of a tower was added in 1924.[4]

The church was dedicated by Alfred George Edwards, Bishop of St Asaph, on 8 August 1902.[3]

Architecture

The church is built in sandstone ashlar both externally and internally. It has a clerestory and a chancel with an apse, the chancel being higher than the nave. At the west end are three small lancet windows with stained glass by Edward Reginald Frampton.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hawarden, Church in Wales, retrieved 31 October 2013
  2. ↑ Church of St Ethelwold, Cadw, retrieved 19 December 2016
  3. 1 2 "Ecclesiastical intelligence". The Times (36842). London. 9 August 1902. p. 11.
  4. 1 2 3 Hubbard, Edward (1986), Clwyd, The Buildings of Wales, London: Penguin, p. 420, ISBN 0-14-071052-3
  5. ↑ Hubbard, Edward (1991). The Work of John Douglas. London: The Victorian Society. p. 200. ISBN 0-901657-16-6.
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