Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Holy Cross Church
Maentwrog, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 30 November 1966
- Locality
- Gellilydan
- Community
- Maentwrog
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.94041, -3.95540
- Cadw reference
- 4840
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1795 "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Cadw's description
Location
Set back from the E side of the A487(T) to W of the village of Gellilydan.
History
Probably late C18 building, formerly a tannery and converted to use as a Roman Catholic church in mid C20. The area had experienced an influx of Irish workers, brought from County Cork to build the dams for the original Maentwrog hydo-electric scheme. Some were said to have stayed on in the area, and the Church is said to reflect this history. Extended by the addition of a gabled porch and a low extension built at right angles to the NW.
Exterior
Tall gable entry building, built of mortared rubble masonry; slate roof. The main part of the church is a 4-bay linear range with each bay articulated by a tall narrow window with slate sills. There is a stained glass window set in the circular light in the SW gable apex below which is the entrance porch. The porch has a doorway in the L (NW) wall and a window of 4-lights with slate sill and lintel in the SW. The modern addition to NW is a single storey range of 3, 6-pane windows; slate roof and grit rendered elevations.
Interior
The interior was not inspected at the time of the survey (June/July 2003).
Reason for designation
Listed as an unusual example of a Roman Catholic church building, retaining some of the character of it's early industrial history.
Nearby in the register
- Pandy BachDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pont Tafarn-helygTransportunder 1 mi
- Tafarn-helygCommercialunder 1 mi
- Former forge at Tafarn-helygDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.