- St Ethelwold's Church, Shotton
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St Ethelwold's Church, Shotton 53°12′35″N 3°02′05″W / 53.2096°N 3.0346°WCoordinates: 53°12′35″N 3°02′05″W / 53.2096°N 3.0346°W Location Shotton, Flintshire Country Wales Denomination Anglican History Founder(s) W. E. Gladstone Dedication St Ethelwold Architecture Status Parish church Functional status Active Heritage designation Grade II Designated 18 December 1991 Architect(s) Douglas & Minshull Architectural type Church Style Gothic Revival Groundbreaking 1898 Completed 1902 Specifications Materials Ashlar sandstone Administration Deanery Hawarden Archdeaconry Wrexham Diocese St Asaph Province Wales Clergy Vicar(s) Fr Steven Green St Ethelwold's Church, Shotton, is in the town of Shotton, Flintshire, Wales (grid reference SJ309685). It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Hawarden, the archdeaconry of Wrexham and the diocese of St Asaph.[1] It is a Grade II listed building.[2]
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History
The church building was paid for partly by W. E. Gladstone but construction was not started until after his death; it was built between 1898 and 1902 to a design by Douglas & Minshull of Chester in Gothic Revival style.[3] It was intended that the church should have a tower and a spire, but these architectural features were not included at the time.[4] The lower stage of a tower was added in 1924.[3]
Architecture
The church is built in sandstone ashlar both externally and internally. It has a clerestory and a chancel with an apse, the chancel being higher than the nave. At the west end are three small lancet windows with stained glass by Edward Reginald Frampton.[3]
See also
- List of new churches by John Douglas
References
- ^ The Deanery of Hawarden. Diocese of St Asaph. http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/asaph/local/deaneries/hawarden.html. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
- ^ Listed Buildings in Wales: Flintshire. Cadw.
- ^ a b c Hubbard, Edward (1986). The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd. London: Penguin. p. 420. ISBN 0 14 071052 3.
- ^ Hubbard, Edward (1991). The Work of John Douglas. London: The Victorian Society. p. 200. ISBN 0 901657 16 6.
Categories:- Churches in Flintshire
- Anglican churches in Wales
- 19th-century church buildings
- Religious buildings completed in 1902
- 20th-century Anglican church buildings
- John Douglas buildings
- Gothic Revival architecture in Wales
- Grade II listed churches
- Grade II listed buildings in Flintshire
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