St John the Baptist's Church, Old Colwyn

The Church of St Catherine & St John the Baptist,
Old Colwyn
Coordinates: 53°17′26″N 3°41′51″W / 53.2906°N 3.6974°W / 53.2906; -3.6974
OS grid reference SH 869 784
Location Station Road, Old Colwyn,
Conwy County Borough
Country Wales
Denomination Anglican
Website
History
Dedication St John the Baptist
Consecrated 13 August 1903
Architecture
Status Anglican Church in Wales
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
Archdeaconry St Asaph
Diocese St Asaph
Province Wales
Clergy
Vicar(s) Revd Canon D Quentin Bellamy MA BMus
Priest(s) Rev Gwenda Cooper BA
Honorary priest(s) Revd Gordon Howells
Laity
Reader(s) Mr George Wilson
Organist/Director of music Jamie Duncan
Churchwarden(s) Mr Michael Knight & Mrs 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 a member church of the newly commissioned Aled Mission Area [December 2016], in 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

  1. ↑ Benefices, Diocese of St Asaph, retrieved 20 December 2013
  2. 1 2 St John's, Church in Wales, retrieved 20 December 2013
  3. 1 2 Church of St John, Old Colwyn, Cadw, retrieved 19 December 2016
  4. 1 2 Hubbard, Edward (1986), Clwyd, The Buildings of Wales, London: Penguin, p. 257, ISBN 0-14-071052-3
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