- Christ Church, Bryn-y-Maen
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Christ Church, Bryn-y-Maen 
Christ Church, Bryn-y-Maen, from the southwestCoordinates: 53°16′10″N 3°44′47″W / 53.2695°N 3.7465°W OS grid reference SH836761 Location Bryn-y-Maen, Colwyn Bay, Conwy County Borough Country Wales Denomination Anglican Website Christ Church, Bryn-y-Maen History Founder(s) Mrs Eleanor Frost Dedication Christ Consecrated 28 September 1899 Architecture Status Parish church Functional status Active Architect(s) Douglas & Fordham Architectural type Church Style Gothic Revival Groundbreaking 4 May 1897 Completed 1899 Specifications Materials Limestone with external dressings and ashlar interior of Helsby sandstone Administration Deanery Rhos Archdeaconry St Asaph Diocese St Asaph Province Wales Clergy Vicar(s) Prebendary John Evans Priest(s) Revd Nia Catrin Williams Christ Church, Bryn-y-Maen is in the small village of Bryn-y-Maen on the B5113 road some 3km to the south of Colwyn Bay in Conwy County Borough, Wales. It is an active Anglican church in the deanery of Rhos, the archdeaconry of St Asaph and the diocese of St Asaph.[1] The church is known locally as "The Cathedral of the Hills".[2] It is a Grade II* listed building.[3]
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History
Christ Church was built between 1879 and 1899 at the expense of Mrs Eleanor Frost in memory of her late husband Charles Frost. The architects were Douglas & Fordham of Chester in Neo-Perpendicular style. Mrs Frost's commission also included the vicarage and a house for herself.[4]
Architecture
The church is built in local limestone with dressings and ashlar interior in Helsby sandstone. Its plan is cruciform with a squat tower at the crossing over the choir. There is a broad nave and a south aisle. The transepts contain the vestry and the organ chamber. The top of the tower is crenellated and the bell openings have straight heads.[4]
Internally the arcade has octagonal piers. The transverse tower arches are almost circular and have continuous chamfering. The furnishings are in "characteristic Douglas" style and include not only the reredos, organ case, stalls, pulpit, lectern, font cover and pews, but also the hymn board, the alms box and an umbrella stand.[4]
See also
- List of new churches by John Douglas
References
- ^ The Deanery of Rhos, Diocese of St Asaph, http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/asaph/local/deaneries/rhos.html, retrieved 1 June 2009
- ^ Christ Church, Bryn-Y-Maen, The Parish of Bryn-y-Maen, archived from the original on 2009-10-27, http://web.archive.org/web/20091027154852/http://geocities.com/christchurchbrynymaen/history.html, retrieved 1 June 2009
- ^ Listed Buildings in Wales: Conwy, Cadw
- ^ a b c Hubbard, Edward (1986), Clwyd, The Buildings of Wales, London: Penguin, pp. 113–114, ISBN 0-14-071052-3
Further reading
- Hubbard, Edward (1991), The Work of John Douglas, London: The Victorian Society, pp. 179–180, ISBN 0-901657-16-6
Categories:- Religious buildings completed in 1899
- 19th-century Anglican church buildings
- Anglican congregations established in the 19th century
- Churches in Conwy county borough
- Anglican churches in Wales
- John Douglas buildings
- Gothic Revival architecture in Wales
- Grade II* listed churches
- Grade II* listed buildings in Conwy county borough
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