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St David's Welsh Church,
Colwyn Bay
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OS grid reference SH 850 788
Location Rhiw Road, Colwyn Bay,
Conwy County Borough
Country Wales
Denomination Anglican
Website Colwyn Bay Parish
History
Dedication Saint David
Architecture
Functional status Active
Heritage designation Grade II
Designated 25 July 1994
Architect(s) Douglas and Minshull
Architectural type Church
Style Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking 1902
Completed 1903
Administration
Parish Colwyn Bay with Bryn-Y-Maen
Deanery Rhos
Archdeaconry St Asaph
Diocese St Asaph
Province Wales

St David's Welsh Church, Colwyn Bay (Eglwys Dewi Sant) is in Rhiw Road, Colwyn Bay, Conwy County Borough, Wales. It is an Anglican church in the parish of Colwyn Bay with Bryn-Y-Maen, the deanery of Rhos, the archdeaconry of St Asaph, and the diocese of St Asaph. The church is situated behind St Paul's Church and is a Grade II listed building.

St David's Church was built in 1902–03 and designed by the Chester firm of architects Douglas and Minshull. It is a small church with an apsidal sanctuary. The west window is Perpendicular in style. Rising from the roof is a square bellcote with a pyramidal roof on which is an octagonal spirelet. Internally, the screen was made by a local blacksmith, David Jones.

As its name suggests, the services held in the church are in Welsh.

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