St Matthew's Church, Saltney
| St Matthew's Church, Saltney | |
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 St Matthew's Church, Saltney, in 2006, following closure | |
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| 53°10′51.63″N 2°56′44.81″W / 53.1810083°N 2.9457806°W | |
| Location | Flint Road, Saltney, Flintshire |
| Country | Wales |
| Denomination | Church in Wales |
| 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 | |
| Province | York |
| Diocese | Chester |
| Archdeaconry | Chester |
| Deanery | Chester |
| Parish | Lache cum Saltney |
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]
After the church became redundant, it was closed on 4 June 2000.[4] The building was destroyed by fire in December 2008.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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 978-1-904356-03-5, retrieved 4 June 2009
{{citation}}:|first2=has generic name (help) - ^ Churches in the Diocese, Diocese of Chester, 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, retrieved 4 June 2009
- ^ Tattum, George (12 December 2008). "Blaze destroys disused Saltney Ferry church". Flintshire Chronicle. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
