- Nprn: 7466
- Cadw Ref: 12/A/18(3)
- Cadw Record No: 14674
- Summary: St John's Methodist Church is one of the most elaborate gothic chapels built in Wales, at a cost of over £7,000, and was popularly known as the 'Cathedral of (English Wesleyan) Methodism on the north Welsh Coast'. It was built in 1887-8, in full 'church' Decorated Gothic style, with a side entry, after a prolonged planning and ambitious building process (foundations put in 1882) by the architect Robert Curwen of Liverpool. There is an apse at the east end with fine memorial stained-glass windows and a soaring stone-built tower and spire at the west end. The adjoining octagonal-spired apsidal-ended schoolroom was built in 1883 and enlarged in 1908. The church's status in 2007 is in dual use shared between the Wesleyan Methodists and as a chapel for the adjoining Rydal School. There is a arched & stone-roofed lychgate of 1882 & a red-brick manse.
RCAHMW, November 2009 - Description: Chapel built 1887-8. Adjoining schoolroom built 1883 & enlarged 1908. Status (2000): in chapel use.
- Schoolroom Extended: 1908 Source:Cadw
- Built: 1887-1888 Source:Cadw
- Built: 1887-1888 Source:Cadw
- Foundation Stone Laid: 1882 Source:Cadw
- Built: 1882 Source:Hubbard, Edward
- Most Built: 1887-1888 Source:Hubbard, Edward
- Date Of Chapel: 1888 Source:
- N. Stained Glass Window: 1885 Source:Cadw
- E. Transept St Gl Window: 1932 Source:Cadw
- Sanctuary & W Transept Ws: 1888 Source:Cadw
- Boundary Walls & Gates: 1881 Source:Cadw
- Services In Schoolroom: c.1883 Source:Cadw
- Schoolroom Built: 1883 Source:Cadw
- Built: 1888 Source:BOW
- Manse And Lychgate: 1882 Source:BOW
- Architect: 1887-1888 Robert Curwen, Liverpool
- Builder: 1887-1888 Edward Foulkes, Colwyn Bay
- Architect: 1882 Robert Curwen, Liverpool
- £ 16000: 1905 (RCCEORBWM)
- 380: 1905 Sittings (RCCEORBWM)
- 750: 1905 Sittings (RCCEORBWM)
- Chapel: 2000 (N Wales District Ch list)
- Chapel: 2/12/2010 (Denominational website)
- English: 1905 (RCCEORBWM)
- English: 2000 (N Wales District Ch list)
- Materials
- Stone
- Monument Type: CHAPEL
- Form: Building
- Storey: Single Storey
- Style: Lombardic
- Gallery: On Three Sides
- Plan: Gable Entry
- Window Glazing: Leaded
- Windows: Flat-Headed
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Map
- Grid Reference: SH84637913
- Address: CONWAY ROAD; PWLLYCROCHAN AVENUE, COLWYN BAYCOLWYN BAY
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Hello
My great great grandparents were married in Kinnerton Chapel in Old Radnor on 21st May1850. I have been searching for information on the Chapel, so was pleased to find this website. I have now located it on Google Street View – looks like someone is ‘doing it up’ to live in: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.2612635,-3.1095337,3a,90y,232.95h,84.26t/data=!3m9!1e1!3m7!1s-8DWPORkq2RFVNXBLde_-g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!9m2!1b1!2i53?hl=en-GB
The marriage record of my ancestors Abraham Bounds and Elizabeth Williams is attached. I hope it is of interest.
All the best
Saira
Dear Sara
Thank you for the information. I am glad to hear that it was some help to you.
Good luck on your continued search
Christine