St John the Baptist's Church, Old Colwyn

St John's Church, Old Colwyn
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	[1]
History
Status	Anglican Church in Wales
Dedication	St John the Baptist
Consecrated	13 August 1903
Architecture
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
Province	Wales
Diocese	St Asaph
Archdeaconry	St Asaph
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Revd Gareth L Erlandson
Honorary priest(s)	Revd Gordon Howells
Laity
Organist(s)	Mr Paul Milnes & Mrs Christine Amos
Churchwarden(s)	Mrs Julia Greig & Mrs Pamela Skinner
Parish administrator	Mrs Trish Styles (secretary) & Mrs Pat Owen (Treasurer)

St John's Church, Old Colwyn, is on Station Road, Old Colwyn, in Conwy County Borough, Wales. It is a member church of the Aled Mission Area, 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]

Architecture

The external walls are built in local Penmaen limestone with Hollington sandstone dressings. The internal walls are in ashlar Hollington sandstone.^[4][5] 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.^[5]

External features

The entrance gate to the churchyard is a Grade II listed building.^[3]

St John's Church Gate

See also

• List of new churches by John Douglas

References

1. Benefices, Diocese of St Asaph, retrieved 20 December 2013
2. St John's
3. St John's Church, Old Colwyn, Cadw, retrieved 31 July 2019
4. "Church Consecration at Old Colwyn". North Wales Weekly News. 14 August 1903. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
5. Hubbard, Edward (1986), Clwyd, The Buildings of Wales, London: Penguin, p. 257, ISBN 0-14-071052-3

External links

• St John's Church, Old Colwyn
• St John's, Old Colwyn Find us on Facebook