All Saints Church, Deganwy
Appearance
All Saints Church, Deganwy | |
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53°17′39″N 3°49′37″W / 53.2941°N 3.8270°W | |
Location | Deganwy, Conwy County Borough |
Country | Wales |
Denomination | Church in Wales |
Website | All Saints, Deganwy |
History | |
Founder(s) | Lady Augusta Mostyn |
Dedication | All Saints |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade II* |
Designated | 24 June 1986 |
Architect(s) | John Douglas |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Groundbreaking | 1897 |
Completed | 1899 |
Administration | |
Province | Wales |
Diocese | St Asaph |
Archdeaconry | St Asaph |
Deanery | Llanrwst |
Parish | Eglwysrhos (or Llanrhos) |
Clergy | |
Priest(s) | Revd Pam Wright |
Laity | |
Organist(s) | Jeff Wright |
All Saints Church, Deganwy, is an Anglican church in the town of Deganwy, Wales, on a site overlooking the Conwy estuary (grid reference SH783790).
Description
[edit]It is an active Anglican church in the benefice of Eglwysrhos (or Llanrhos), the deanery of Llanrwst, the archdeaconry of St Asaph, and the diocese of St Asaph.[1] It is designed by Cadw as a Grade II* listed building.[2]
The church was built as a memorial church by Lady Augusta Mostyn to a design by John Douglas of Chester on a site overlooking the Conwy estuary. It has a clerestory, a chancel higher than the nave, and a west tower.[3]
Organ
[edit]The two-manual organ was built by Alex Young and Sons of Manchester in 1899, and it was modified by L. Reeves in 1972.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Benefices, The Church in Wales, archived from the original on 18 July 2007, retrieved 1 June 2009
- ^ Cadw, "Church of All Saints (Grade II*) (3635)", National Historic Assets of Wales, retrieved 2 April 2019
- ^ Hubbard, Edward (1991), The Work of John Douglas, London: The Victorian Society, pp. 180–181, ISBN 0-901657-16-6
- ^ "Caernarfonshire, Deganwy, All Saints [N11689]", National Pipe Organ Register, British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 13 October 2016