St John's Church, Old Colwyn | |
Location: | Station Road, Old Colwyn, Conwy County Borough |
Coordinates: | 53.2906°N -3.6974°W |
Osgraw: | SH 869 784 |
Website: | http://www.stjohnsoldcolwyn.org.uk |
Dedication: | St John the Baptist |
Consecrated Date: | 13 August 1903 |
Status: | Anglican Church in Wales |
Functional Status: | Active |
Heritage Designation: | Grade II* |
Designated Date: | 9 September 1994 |
Architect: | Douglas and Minshull Douglas, Minshull and Muspratt |
Architectural Type: | Church |
Style: | Gothic Revival |
Groundbreaking: | 18 October 1899 |
Completed Date: | 1912 |
Materials: | Limestone with sandstone dressings and interior Green slate roof with red terracotta ridge tiles |
Archdeaconry: | St Asaph |
Diocese: | St Asaph |
Province: | Wales |
Vicar: | Revd Gareth L Erlandson |
Honpriest: | Revd Gordon Howells |
Organist: | Mr Paul Milnes & Mrs Christine Amos |
Warden: | Mrs Julia Greig & Mrs Pamela Skinner |
Parishadmin: | 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. St John's was built as the daughter church of St Catherine's Church, Abergele Road, Colwyn. It is designated by Cadw as a Grade II* listed building.
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.
The external walls are built in local Penmaen limestone with Hollington sandstone dressings. The internal walls are in ashlar Hollington sandstone.[1] 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.
The entrance gate to the churchyard is a Grade II listed building.