---
title: "Emmanuel Church, Bistre"
description: "Located in Bistre, Flintshire. Built Opened 1842; remodelled 1881; vestry 1935. Diocese of St Asaph. Grade II. Gothic Revival (Early English) style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church in Wales","Flintshire","Buckley","Bistre","Grade II","Gothic Revival","Victorian"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/emmanuel-church-bistre"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T01:19:31.299Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-07T16:06:33.003Z"
location: "Bistre, Flintshire"
country: "Wales"
county: "Flintshire"
town: "Bistre"
address: "Mold Road, Bistre, Flintshire, CH7 2NH"
postcode: "CH7 2NH"
built: "Opened 1842; remodelled 1881; vestry 1935"
architect: "John Lloyd; W. H. Spaull (1881 remodelling)"
denomination: "Church in Wales"
dedications: ["Emmanuel"]
diocese: "St Asaph"
grade: "II"
style: "Gothic Revival (Early English)"
materials: "Coursed dressed stone, slate roof"
website: "https://bistreparish.co.uk/"
openingHours: "Open Wednesday and Saturdays"
parish: "Bistre"
listEntryUrl: "https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=en&id=18754"
gridReference: "SJ 273 639"
accessNotes: "Accessible toilets nearby"
---

# Emmanuel Church, Bistre

Emmanuel Church, Bistre, is a Grade II Church in Wales parish church on Mold Road in Buckley, Flintshire, in the Diocese of St Asaph.

## Overview

The Incorporated Society for the Building of Churches granted £250 towards construction in 1839. John Lloyd designed the aisleless Gothic Revival church, opened in 1842, in an Early English manner with coursed dressed stone and a slate roof. It is one of the Commissioners’ churches in Wales.

W. H. Spaull remodelled the interior in 1881, removing the west gallery and adding a chancel. A vestry was built at the south-east in 1935. Cadw lists the church (reference 18754) as a good example of an early Victorian church retaining interior fittings of quality, including a pitch-pine screen, stone pulpit and stained glass by Ballantine and others.

## Further Information

- [Bistre Parish](https://bistreparish.co.uk/)
- [Cadw listed building 18754](https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=en&id=18754)
- [Coflein NPRN 12429](https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/12429/)