---
title: "St Mary the Virgin, Lenten Pool"
description: "Located in Lenten Pool, Denbighshire. Built 1871–74. Diocese of St Asaph. Grade II*. Victorian Gothic / Decorated style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church in Wales","Denbighshire","Denbigh","Lenten Pool","Grade II*","Gothic Revival"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/lenten-pool-st-mary-virgin"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T02:01:41.229Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-07T17:49:40.849Z"
location: "Lenten Pool, Denbighshire"
country: "Wales"
county: "Denbighshire"
town: "Lenten Pool"
address: "Lenten Pool, Denbighshire, LL16 3HF"
postcode: "LL16 3HF"
built: "1871–74"
consecrated: "7 December 1875"
architect: "Lloyd Williams and Underwood"
denomination: "Church in Wales"
dedications: ["Mary"]
diocese: "St Asaph"
grade: "II*"
style: "Victorian Gothic / Decorated"
materials: "Rough-dressed polygonal limestone with sandstone dressings; steeply pitched slate roofs"
website: "https://www.stmarysandmarcellasdenbigh.org/"
openingHours: "Contact us for opening hours."
parish: "Denbigh (St Mary with St Marcella)"
listEntryUrl: "https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=en&id=1007"
gridReference: "SJ 049 661"
accessNotes: "Accessible toilets in church. Level access throughout"
---

# St Mary the Virgin, Lenten Pool

St Mary’s is a Grade II* Church in Wales town church at the Lenten Pool roundabout, Denbigh, Denbighshire, in the Diocese of St Asaph. Lenten Pool is the Denbigh street and former pool beside the church, not a separate village.

## Overview

Cadw lists a large Victorian Gothic church completed in 1874 as a replacement for medieval St Hilary’s near the castle (reference 1007; designated 2 February 1981). The architects were Lloyd Williams and Underwood of Denbigh; George Clerk was the contractor. The foundation stone was laid in July 1871. Miss Mesham of Pont Ruffyd gave £4,300 toward a 100-foot tower with clock and a peal of eight bells. A lawsuit over the Caen-stone reredos by Thomas Earp delayed consecration until 7 December 1875, when Bishop Joshua Hughes of St Asaph consecrated the church after the disputed Crucifixion panel was modified. Cadw grades it II* as a particularly good unaltered mid-Victorian urban church with fine fittings and stained glass, including work by Hardman, Christopher Whall and Veronica Whall. It serves with St Marcella’s, Denbigh.

## Further Information

- [St Mary’s and St Marcella’s, Denbigh](https://www.stmarysandmarcellasdenbigh.org/)
- [Cadw listed building 1007](https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=en&id=1007)