Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Lychgate to Church of St. Twrog
Maentwrog, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 25 February 2005
- Locality
- Maentwrog
- Community
- Maentwrog
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.94544, -3.98874
- Cadw reference
- 84008
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 along the W side of Bull Street (A496) in the centre of the village of Maentwrog; located between Neuadd Llewelyn and Pen-y-Bryn.
History
Late C19 lychgate, contemporary with the adjacent Church for which it was built, and dated 1897 by a commemorative inscription above the entrance.
Exterior
Late C19 gabled lychgate. Timber framed with Gelli Grin stone panelled infill Chamfered posts and Tudor arches to each entrance. The slate roof has feathered eaves and shaped bargeboards on shaped brackets.
The E entrance faces the road and has timber gates of alterate tall and short vertical rails. The head of the entrance bears an inscription which reads: In : commemoration : of : the : 60 : year : reign : of : Her : Majesty / VICTORIA : Queen : and : Empress : anno : dom : 1897 : There is clock at the gable apex on shaped brackets and with a pyramidal roof.
Interior
Late C19 lychgate, contemporary with the adjacent church for which it was built, and dated 1897 by a commemorative inscription above the entrance.
Reason for designation
Listed as a well-detailed late C19 lychgate in an rts and Crafts gothic style that forms a group with the adjacent Church of St. Twrog for which it was built.
Nearby in the register
- Neuadd LlewelynDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pen-y-BrynDomesticunder 1 mi
- Glan DwyrydDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bron-y-wernDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.