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St Deiniol's Church, Hawarden

St Deiniol's Church, Hawarden
St Deiniol's Church, Hawarden.jpg
St Deiniol's Church, Hawarden, from the southeast
Coordinates: 53°11′09″N 3°01′33″W / 53.1859°N 3.0258°W / 53.1859; -3.0258
OS grid reference SJ 315,659
Location Hawarden, Flintshire
Country Wales
Denomination Church in Wales
Churchmanship Anglo-Catholic
Website Parish of Hawarden
History
Dedication St Deiniol
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Heritage designation Grade II*
Designated 2 July 1962
Architect(s) James Harrison,
Sir George Gilbert Scott,
Douglas and Fordham,
Douglas and Minshull
Architectural type Church
Style Gothic, Gothic Revival
Completed 1909
Administration
Parish Borderlands Mission Area
Archdeaconry Wrexham
Diocese St Asaph
Province Church in Wales
Clergy
Rector Rev Andrea Jones

St Deiniol's Church, Hawarden, is in the village of Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales. It is the parish church of the Rectorial Benefice of Hawarden in the deanery of Hawarden, the archdeaconry of Wrexham, and the diocese of St Asaph. The church has associations with W. E. Gladstone and his family, and is designated by Cadw as a Grade II* listed building.

The parish dates back at least 1,000 years and the list of rectors starts in 1180. The church was restored by James Harrison in about 1855–56. However it was badly damaged on 29 October 1857 by a fire which had been started deliberately. Some of the stained glass and woodwork at the east end were not damaged by the fire and the church had been restored by Sir George Gilbert Scott by the end of 1859. In 1896 a porch was added, designed by the Chester firm of architects, Douglas & Fordham. The same firm, then known as Douglas and Minshull designed the Gladstone Memorial Chapel at the east end of the north aisle, built between 1901 and 1903 and in 1908–09 the vestries which were added at the northeast of the church.

The plan of the church consists of a nave with north and south aisles, a chancel, a south porch, another porch to the chancel aisle, and northeast vestries. At the east end of the north aisle is the Gladstone Memorial Chapel, which has a three-sided apse, and at the east end of the south aisle is the Whitley Chapel. The tower is central, over the easternmost bay of the nave, in Perpendicular style, with a short lead-covered spire. The church is not cruciform, because it does not have transepts.


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