St David's Welsh Church, Colwyn Bay
| St David's Welsh Church, Colwyn Bay |
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| Coordinates: 53°17′37″N 3°43′36″W / 53.2937°N 3.7268°W | |
| OS grid reference | SH 850 788 |
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| Location | Rhiw Road, Colwyn Bay, Conwy County Borough |
| Country | Wales |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| History | |
| Dedication | Saint David |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II |
| Designated | 25 July 1994 |
| Architect(s) | Douglas & Minshull |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1902 |
| Completed | 1903 |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Colwyn Bay with Bryn-Y-Maen |
| Deanery | Rhos |
| Archdeaconry | St Asaph |
| Diocese | St Asaph |
| Province | Wales |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | Fr Nigel H. Williams |
St David's Welsh Church, Colwyn Bay (Eglwys Dewi Sant) is in Rhiw Road, Colwyn Bay, Conwy County Borough, Wales. It is an Anglican church in the parish of Colwyn Bay with Bryn-Y-Maen, the deanery of Rhos, the archdeaconry of St Asaph, and the diocese of St Asaph.[1] The church is situated behind St Paul's Church[2] and is a Grade II listed building.[3]
St David's Church was built in 1902–03 and designed by the Chester firm of architects Douglas & Minshull.[4][5] It is a small church with an apsidal sanctuary. The west window is Perpendicular in style. Rising from the roof is a square bellcote with a pyramidal roof on which is an octagonal spirelet. Internally, the screen was made by a local blacksmith, David Jones.[4]
The services held in the church are in Welsh.[2]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Deanery of Rhos, Diocese of St Asaph, http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/asaph/local/deaneries/rhos.html, retrieved 5 June 2009
- ^ a b Churches & Worship Centres in the Parish of Colwyn Bay with Bryn-Y-Maen, Parish of Colwyn Bay with Bryn-Y-Maen, archived from the original on 2009-10-25, http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/colwynbayparish/churches.html&date=2009-10-25+17:48:44, retrieved 5 June 2009
- ^ Listed Buildings in Wales: Conwy, Cadw
- ^ a b Hubbard, Edward (1986), Clwyd, The Buildings of Wales, London: Penguin, p. 135, ISBN 0-14-071052-3
- ^ Hubbard, Edward (1991), The Work of John Douglas, London: The Victorian Society, p. 273, ISBN 0-901657-16-6
- Religious buildings completed in 1903
- 20th-century Anglican church buildings
- Anglican congregations established in the 20th century
- Gothic Revival architecture in Wales
- Anglican churches in Wales
- Churches in Conwy county borough
- John Douglas buildings
- Grade II listed buildings in Conwy county borough
- Grade II listed churches
- Colwyn Bay
