St David's Welsh Church, Colwyn Bay
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. The church is situated behind St Paul's Church and is a Grade II listed building.
St David's Church was built in 1902–03 and designed by the Chester firm of architects Douglas and Minshull. 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.
As its name suggests, the services held in the church are in Welsh.
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References
- ^ Colwyn Bay, Diocese of St Asaph, retrieved 30 October 2013
- ^ 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 21 October 2009, retrieved 5 June 2009
- ^ Cadw, "Church of St David (Grade II) (14708)", National Historic Assets of Wales, retrieved 2 April 2019
- ^ 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
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