Nant y Glyn Methodist Church, Abergele Road, Colwyn Bay

WESLEYAN METHODISM AT COLWYN BAY – A new place of worship for the English Wesleyan Methodists of Colwyn Bay, in addition to the St John’s Church, is in the course of erection on an elevated site at the corner of the Abergele and Nantyglyn roads. The building will comprise a chapel seating 450 adults, a Sunday school for 300 scholars, and a church parlour. Of cruciform plan, the structure is to be in the Late Decorated style of architecture, the materials used being Ruabon pressed bricks with terra cotta facings. Mr Arthur Brocklehurst of Manchester is the architect. The church and school will cost £7,000, including the land, etc. [Manchester Guardian 20 September 1904 page 8]

A new place of worship for the Wesleyan Methodists of Colwyn Bay is in course of erection on an elevated site at the corner of Abergele and Nantyglyn roads, and the foundation-stones were laid on the 19th. inst. The building will comprise a chapel seating 450 adults, a Sunday-school for 300 scholars, and a church parlour for the connexional meetings, as well as vestries for the minister and choir. 01 cruciform plan, the structure is to be in the Late Decorated style of architecture, the materials used being Ruabon pressed bricks with terna-cotta facings, and it will be lighted by electricity. Mr. Arthur Brocklehurst, of Manchester, is the architect, and Messrs. J. Tucker and Sons, of Colwyn Bay, the contractors. The new church and school will cost, including the land, etc., £7,000. [British Architect 30 September 1904 page 253]

NEW WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL, COLWYN BAY - The foundation-stones were laid recently of a new chapel which is being erected for the Wesleyan Methodists at Colwyn Bay. The building will comprise a chapel seating 450, a Sunday school for 300 scholars, and a church-parlour for the connexional meetings, as well as vestries for the minister and choir. The structure is to be in the late decorated style of architecture. the materials used to be Ruabon red pressed bricks, with terra-cotta facings, and it will be lighted by electricity. Mr. Arthur Brocklehurst, of Manchester, is the architect. and Messrs. J. Tucker and Sons. of Colwyn Bay. the contractors. The work will cost, including the land, etc., £7,000. [Builder 1 October 1904 page 343]

Reference      Manchester Guardian 20 September 1904 page 8 – foundation stones
Reference      British Architect 30 September 1904 page 253
Reference      Builder 1 October 1904 page 343
Reference      Colwyn Bay Heritage online