Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Capel Gwydir Uchaf
Trefriw, Conwy, Wales
A scheduled monument in Trefriw, Conwy, recorded as Chapel (Post Medieval/Modern).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Chapel
- Period
- Post Medieval/Modern
- Community
- Trefriw
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.13190, -3.80279
- SAM number
- CN113
- Cadw record number
- 3400
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1588 map "Ortelius, Abraham: Theatro De La Tierra Universal. 0" (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1588 · Ortelius, Abraham: Theatro De La Tierra Universal. 0 (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich)
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 106 Bangor (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 106 Bangor (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument.
A small private chapel built by Sir Richard Wynn in 1673. It is a simple rectangular, stone building, 12.5m long and 8.5m wide with a roof of thick slates. The doorway is in the N wall, and the building is lit by two windows in the S wall and one in the N wall each of three lights, and a smaller window of two lights in the N wall W of the door. The E window is of four lights with a two-centred head.
The interior is dominated by the ceiling, on which is painted a series of pictures representing divine themes. There is a gallery at the W end of the chapel.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of post-medieval chapels and the way people worshipped in Wales during the 17th and 18th centuries. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. The structure itself may be expected to contain archaeological information concerning chronology and building techniques.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Gwydir Uchaf ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Gwydir UchafGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Former Coachhouse at Gwydir Castle including associated wall and entrance arch adjoining to the EDomesticunder 1 mi
- Gwydir Castle (including gatehouse)Domesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.