Open Doors - St. Mary the Virgin Church, Lenten Pool, Denbigh

This church dates from the mid-19th century and was built as a replacement for St Hillary’s, of which only the tower remains beside the castle. It is a large stone-built aisled church in eclectic Victorian Gothic style, with a hundred-foot tower which has a clock and a peel of eight bells. The church is constructed in a light-coloured local limestone, irregularly pointed, with dressings from the Minera quarries. It has several attractive stained-glass windows, the feature window 1880 is named Scenes from the New Testament with the Twelve Apostles. Unusually, the architects also designed the font, reredos and the pulpit.

The 2025 Denbigh Open Doors Weekend launches Friday 19th September 2025 with an evening lecture exploring property deeds at the Theatr Twm o'r Nant. Over the following two days, Saturday and Sunday 20th and 21st September 2025 from 10am to 5pm more than thirty historically important sites in the locale will be open to the public, supplemented by talks and guided tours. A booking service for the sites, talks and guided tours that have a limited number of places will be available through Denbigh Library, closer to the start of the weekend. Further information will be available on:  https://darganfoddinbych.cymru  https://twitter.com/OpenDoors_D  https://www.facebook.com/opendoorsdenbighshire/

No booking required.

Address - St. Mary the Virgin, Lenten Pool, Denbigh, LL16 3HF.
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Directions - from Denbigh High Street walk away from the library and proceed down Bridge Street to Lenten Pool. The church is just behind this roundabout to the left.