St Matthew's Church, Saltney
| St Matthew's Church, Saltney | |
 St Matthew's Church, Saltney, in 2006, following closure
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| 53°10′59″N 2°56′49″W / 53.183°N 2.947°WCoordinates: 53°10′59″N 2°56′49″W / 53.183°N 2.947°W | |
| Location | Flint Road, Saltney, Flintshire |
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| Country | Wales |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| History | |
| Dedication | St Matthew |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | John Douglas |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Groundbreaking | 1910 |
| Completed | 1911 |
| Closed | 4 June 2000 |
| Demolished | December 2008 (destroyed by fire) |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Brick |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Lache cum Saltney |
| Deanery | Chester |
| Archdeaconry | Chester |
| Diocese | Chester |
| Province | York |
St Matthew's Church, Saltney, was in Flint Road, Saltney, Flintshire, Wales (grid reference SJ368654).
The church was opened in 1911 as a mission church to the parish church of St Mark, Saltney.[1] St Mark's Church is an Anglican church in the parish of Lache cum Saltney, the deanery of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the diocese of Chester.[2]
St Matthew's was designed by the Chester architect John Douglas and built in brick with lancet windows. It was intended to have a longer nave and a tower at the northwest, but these were never completed. Its plan consisted of a broad nave and a chancel with a south aisle. In the series The Buildings of Wales, Edward Hubbard expressed the opinion that the church was "not impressive externally" although "the interior is more rewarding".[3]
The church became redundant and was closed on 4 June 2000.[4] The building was destroyed by fire in December 2008.[5]
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[edit] References
- ^ Thacker, A. T.; Lewis, C. P. (eds.) (2005), Churches and religious bodies: Modern parish churches, A History of the County of Chester: Volume 5 part 2: The City of Chester: Culture, Buildings, Institutions, Victoria County History, pp. 159–162, ISBN 9781904356035, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=57319#s6, retrieved 4 June 2009
- ^ Churches in the Diocese, Diocese of Chester, http://www.chester.anglican.org/churches.asp, retrieved 5 June 2009
- ^ Hubbard, Edward (1986), The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd, London: Penguin, p. 443, ISBN 0 14 071052 3
- ^ Saltney / (Lache-cum-Saltney), GENUKI, http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/FLN/Saltney/index.html, retrieved 4 June 2009
- ^ Tattum, George (12 December 2008). "Blaze destroys disused Saltney Ferry church". Flintshire Chronicle. http://www.flintshirechronicle.co.uk/flintshire-news/local-flintshire-news/2008/12/15/blaze-destroys-disused-saltney-ferry-church-51352-22479253/. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
