Sidney Colwyn Foulkes (1884-1971)
Sidney Colwyn Foulkes OBE, Hon.M.Arch (Liverpool), FRIBA, FILA., AMTPI. The information presented relates to the work of Sidney Colwyn Foulkes’…
Architecture
Before the late 19th century the land that would become Colwyn Bay was fields and woods, with a few farms and cottages, and was owned by the Pwllycrochan Estate. The development of the town was linked to the sale of the estate in 1865 and to the subsequent establishment of the Colwyn Bay and Pwllycrochan Estate Company in 1875.
Being aware of the benefits of easy rail access from the urban areas of north west England, and the possibilities of developing a new fashionable resort, the Company sold off the land as building plots. What could be built on the plots was controlled by the Estate, with the former estate parkland being earmarked for the finest villas. By 1901 the town’s population had grown to 8,689.
Diamond Jubilee Fountain
A trick of the light one Saturday evening revealed the date 1897 on the red stone fountain near the pier.…
Saint John’s Church, Station Road, Old Colwyn
St. John’s Church, built in the perpendicular style at a cost of £12,300, is a fine example of the work…
National Spiritualist Church
The Spiritualist Church has used a former house on Woodland Road West since 1935. Further information: Colwyn Bay Spiritualist Church
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Opposite the Princes Drive Baptist Church on Princes Drive is the building where the Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints holds its meetings.
Synagogue, Princes Drive
No. 37 was converted into a synagogue known as Zion House and opened on June 27th 1948.
The Congo Institute
Established by Rev. W. Hughes for training African children where they were taught trades and educated in Christianity.
Saint Paul’s Church, Abergele Road
On July 13th, 1888 the broad and spacious five bay nave of St. Paul's Church was consecrated.
Former Shiloh Chapel, Greenfield Road (now Coastal Ceramics)
Land was acquired in Greenfield Road at a cost of £122, and a small chapel was built, which opened in 1876.
St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, Conway Road
Land was purchased from the Colwyn Bay and Pwllychrochan Estate Company and the foundation stone was laid August 10th 1898.
Tabernacl Chapel, Abergele Road
Tabernacl Chapel on the north side of Abergele Road was built in 1888 and was used by both the Welsh and the English Baptist congregations.
Union Church, Abergele Road
The site of the Union Church was bought by Congregationalists in 1874, an iron structure seating 200 was erected and dedicated.
Former Woodhill Baptist Church, Woodhill Road
Built in 1902 as a mission outreach church from Engedi, it was known as Rhiw Chapel or “the chapel on the hill”.
Woodhill Baptist Church, Hawarden Road (formerly the English Presbyterian Church)
The English Presbyterian church on Conway Road was opened on January 11th, 1891 by Principal Thomas Charles Edwards D.D.
Former Nant y Glyn Methodist Church, Abergele Road
September 1904 was an important month in the history of Wesleyan Methodism in Colwyn Bay.