St Matthew's Church, Saltney

St Matthew's Church, Saltney, was in Flint Road, Saltney, Flintshire, Wales (grid reference SJ368654).

St Matthew's Church, Saltney
St Matthew's Church, Saltney, in 2006, following closure
53°10′51.63″N 2°56′44.81″W
Location	Flint Road, Saltney, Flintshire
Country	Wales
Denomination	Church in Wales
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
Province	York
Diocese	Chester
Archdeaconry	Chester
Deanery	Chester
Parish	Lache cum Saltney

The church was opened in 1911 as a mission church to the parish church of St Mark, 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]

St Matthew's 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]

After the church became redundant, it 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
• List of churches in Flintshire

References

1. 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 978-1-904356-03-5, retrieved 4 June 2009 {{citation}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
2. Churches in the Diocese, Diocese of Chester, retrieved 5 June 2009
3. Hubbard, Edward (1986), The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd, London: Penguin, p. 443, ISBN 0-14-071052-3
4. Saltney / (Lache-cum-Saltney), GENUKI, retrieved 4 June 2009
5. Tattum, George (12 December 2008). "Blaze destroys disused Saltney Ferry church". Flintshire Chronicle. Retrieved 4 June 2009.