1906 – St Matthew’s Church, Buckley, Wales

Originally built in 1821–22 to a design by the architect John Oates of Halifax, but almost completed rebuilt by Douglas & Minshull in the late 19th century. They started with the chancel, dedicated to former Primeminister William Gladstone and paid for by his daughters Mary Drew and Helen Gladstone. In 1902 the tower was re-modelled and a baptistry created within it as a memorial to Gladstone’s widow, Catherine, who had died in 1900. A porch was added to the south side of the tower; it became known as the Ruskin Porch, after John Ruskin, as Mary Drew financed its construction through the publication of Ruskin’s letters to her. The final phase in the reconstruction of the church was the replacement of the nave in 1904, which included the addition of aisles and a clerestory. Douglas and Minshull designed most of the fixtures fittings and furnishings made for the reconstructed church.