- St Matthew's Church, Saltney
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St Matthew's Church, Saltney 
St Matthew's Church, Saltney, in 2006, following closure53°10′59″N 2°56′49″W / 53.183°N 2.947°WCoordinates: 53°10′59″N 2°56′49″W / 53.183°N 2.947°W Location Flint Road, Saltney, Flintshire Country Wales Denomination Anglican History Dedication St Matthew Architecture Architect(s) John Douglas Architectural type Church Groundbreaking 1910 Completed 1911 Closed 4 June 2000 Demolished December 2008 (destroyed by fire) Specifications Materials Brick Administration Parish Lache cum Saltney Deanery Chester Archdeaconry Chester Diocese Chester Province York St Matthew's Church, Saltney, was in Flint Road, Saltney, Flintshire, Wales (grid reference SJ368654).
The church was opened in 1911 as a mission church to the parish church of St Mark's, Saltney.[1] St Mark's Church is an Anglican church in the parish of Lache cum Saltney, the deanery of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the diocese of Chester.[2]
It was designed by the Chester architect John Douglas and built in brick with lancet windows. It was intended to have a longer nave and a tower at the northwest, but these were never completed. Its plan consisted of a broad nave and a chancel with a south aisle. In the series The Buildings of Wales, Edward Hubbard expressed the opinion that the church was "not impressive externally" although "the interior is more rewarding".[3]
The church became redundant and was closed on 4 June 2000.[4] The building was destroyed by fire in December 2008.[5]
See also
- List of new churches by John Douglas
References
- ^ Thacker, A. T.; Lewis, C. P. (eds.) (2005), Churches and religious bodies: Modern parish churches, A History of the County of Chester: Volume 5 part 2: The City of Chester: Culture, Buildings, Institutions, Victoria County History, pp. 159–162, ISBN 9781904356035, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=57319#s6, retrieved 4 June 2009
- ^ Churches in the Diocese, Diocese of Chester, http://www.chester.anglican.org/churches.asp, retrieved 5 June 2009
- ^ Hubbard, Edward (1986), The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd, London: Penguin, p. 443, ISBN 0 14 071052 3
- ^ Saltney / (Lache-cum-Saltney), GENUKI, http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/FLN/Saltney/index.html, retrieved 4 June 2009
- ^ Tattum, George (12 December 2008). "Blaze destroys disused Saltney Ferry church". Flintshire Chronicle. http://www.flintshirechronicle.co.uk/flintshire-news/local-flintshire-news/2008/12/15/blaze-destroys-disused-saltney-ferry-church-51352-22479253/. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
Categories:- Religious buildings completed in 1911
- 20th-century Anglican church buildings
- Anglican churches in Wales
- Former churches in Wales
- Churches in Flintshire
- John Douglas buildings
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