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Leicester's Church, originally known as St David's Church, Denbigh, is a large ruined church near to the hill top castle at Denbigh, North Wales. It was built for Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, from 1578, but financial difficulties meant work stopped in 1584. When the Earl died unexpectedly in 1588 the project was abandoned. It had been the only large church-building project in Elizabethan England or Wales. On Robert Dudley's death with no heir, his estates reverted to the Crown, as a roofless enclosed space. It is now a Grade I listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument, cared for by Cadw, the Welsh historic environment service.

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  • Leicester’s Church (de)
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  • Leicester's Church, originally known as St David's Church, Denbigh, is a large ruined church near to the hill top castle at Denbigh, North Wales. It was built for Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, from 1578, but financial difficulties meant work stopped in 1584. When the Earl died unexpectedly in 1588 the project was abandoned. It had been the only large church-building project in Elizabethan England or Wales. On Robert Dudley's death with no heir, his estates reverted to the Crown, as a roofless enclosed space. It is now a Grade I listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument, cared for by Cadw, the Welsh historic environment service. (en)
  • Leicester’s Church ist eine unvollendete Kirche in der nordwalisischen Stadt Denbigh. Das im Jahr 1578 auf Anweisung von Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester und Favorit von Königin Elisabeth I., begonnene Gebäude wurde wegen Geldmangels nie fertiggestellt und ist heute eine denkmalgeschützte Ruine. Es wird angenommen, dass Dudley mit dem Bau des seinerzeit größten Kirchengebäudes Großbritanniens die 8,5 Kilometer nördlich gelegene Kathedrale von St Asaph als Bischofssitz ablösen und die Diözese St Asaph nach Denbigh übertragen wollte. (de)
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  • Leicester's Church (en)
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  • Denbigh, Leicester's Church (en)
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  • Map showing locations of Cadw historic properties around Denbigh. (en)
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