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Conway Road Methodist Church

Conway Road Methodist Church is a Nonconformist chapel in Canton, Cardiff. It stands at the junction of Conway Road and Romilly Crescent and has been a Grade II Listed Building since 1975. It is the largest Methodist chapel still in use in Cardiff. History The church began life in 1859, located in a much plainer building on nearby Romilly Road. In the 1860s, the decision was taken to move to larger premises, and the original building was sold off. It was bought by Congregationalists, though is now in use by the Plymouth Brethren. Architects Habershon & Pite designed the replacement building: a large construction with two spires, which was markedly grander than many other Nonconformist chapels in Cardiff at the time. Its construction was aided by a £700 donation from Lewis Davies, a wealthy coal magnate. Despite its large size, rising congregation numbers prompted extension of the structure shortly after the first build was finished, with transepts and an apse being installed. The completed building of 1871 had a seating capacity of 1100. Whilst many Nonconformist chapels in Cardiff had mixed fortunes, Conway Road thrived, with a large and prosperous congregation. In 1893, the church was so wealthy that it was able to open the John Wesley Centenary School for the use of its Sunday Scholars. This building had a capacity of 700 and also had its own cricket field and tennis courts. On 8 July 1915, the church was severely damaged by a fire which all but destroyed its original roof. The pulpit, however survived on account of its being made from stone. The damage was repaired, with the Arts and Crafts roof being replaced in the Neo-Georgian style. The present stained glass dates predominantly from the 1920s, and the organ from 1920. The church continued to prosper through the Great Depression; by the 1930s, it had a Sunday School of 900, which required 100 teachers. In 1968, the Sunday school building of 1893 was sold to the Urdd Gobaith Cymru. Its facilities were replaced by alterations made to the basement and rear of the church. It has since been demolished and is now covered by apartments. Grade II listed status came in 1975. Recent Events The church is part of the Conway Road Conservation Area. Although its congregation numbers are no longer as robust as they were in the 19th and early 20th Centuries, the church continues to play an active role in the community. References
St Catherine's Church, Canton

St Catherine's Church, Canton is a listed Anglican church which serves the areas of Canton and Riverside in Cardiff, Wales. Originally a small hamlet in the parish of Llandaff, separate from Cardiff, Canton had seen drastic urbanisation and expansion as Cardiff industrialised during the 19th Century. The church of St John the Evangelist had already been established in the 1850s, but as the area continued to grow, further places of worship were needed, even after St Johns had been enlarged in 1870. The first rector of St John's, the Reverend Vincent Saulez, founded St Catherine's in the early 1880s and later also founded St Paul's in Grangetown. The founding stone of St Catherine's was laid by Catherine Vaughan, the wife of the Dean of Llandaff. She also contributed £1000 towards the building. It has been speculated that the church's name was influenced by this generosity. The plans of diocesan architect John Prichard had intended a cruciform design, but this proved overambitious, and Prichard built only three bays of the nave. The church opened in 1885 before Prichard had finished the project, and his death in 1886 caused the work to pause. It was later completed in two stages: first by Kempson & Fowler in 1892–3, who added the chancel, south chapel and north vestry. In 1897, G.E. Halliday added two bays at the west end. The church has a marble reredos and stained glass windows by Ninian Comper. St Catherine's became a separate parish in 1895, but in the 20th Century, this was merged with St John's. It is now in the Rectorial Benefice of Canton, together with St John's and St Luke's. The church has been listed since 1975. References
St John the Baptist Church, Danescourt

The Church of St John the Baptist is a listed Anglican church which serves the suburbs of Radyr and Danescourt in Cardiff. According to legend, the area of Radyr was the home in the 5th Century of a hermit named Tylywai, a disciple of St Cadog, who founded a chapel or wayside shrine there. The presence of an actual church is thought to date from the 11th Century; by which time the area was on the route of pilgrims travelling to Llandaf to pay respects to St Teilo. It is referred to in written records in 1254, by which time it was already long-established. The early church was replaced in the 13th Century. Elements of the Medieval architecture survive in the present building, though the church was extensively restored and modified by John Prichard in the 1860s, and further modifications occurred in the years following. The church, which was surrounded by fields until the 1970s, became listed in 1975. The parents of the author Roald Dahl are buried in the churchyard. References
St John the Evangelist Church, Cardiff

St John the Evangelist Church, Canton is a listed church in Cardiff, Wales. It is in the Rectorial Benefice of Canton. History The hamlet of Canton was part of the Parish of Llandaff, but the population of the area swelled during the early 19th Century as Cardiff industrialised and expanded. By the 1850s, it was considered that the area needed a church of its own. St John's was designed by John Prichard and John Pollard Seddon. The church was built in stages over a period of nearly 50 years; the nave was built first in 1854–5, followed by the aisles in 1858–9. Construction then slowed and the steeple and chancel were not added until 1868–70. G.E. Haliday modified the spire and added a west bay in 1902. Additional minor alterations were carried out in the 1950s. The church's first minister was Vincent Saulez, who also played a part in the founding of St Paul's Church, Grangetown. The church was designated as a Grade II listed building in 1975. The church has a triple-gabled reredos, an octagonal Victorian baptismal font and much stained glass of various ages (the most recent from 1981). References
Statue of the Second Marquess of Bute

A statue of the Second Marquess of Bute stands in Callaghan Square, Cardiff, Wales in recognition of John Crichton-Stuart (1793 – 1848) who developed Cardiff Docks. The statue was originally unveiled in 1853. It was designed by J. Evan Thomas. The statue became Grade II listed in 1975. Background Crichton-Stuart inherited the Scottish and Welsh Bute estates following the death of his grandfather, in 1814. He became Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan. He was responsible for the early commercial and industrical development of Cardiff, with the Bute West Dock being opened in his lifetime, on 5 October 1839. He died suddenly in Cardiff, on 18 March 1848. Statue Following the death of the Marquess, a public meeting was held on 1 May 1848, which appointed a committee to arrange the creation of "a colossal statue" in his memory. It was expected to cost £2000. The statue was designed by Welsh sculptor, J. Evan Thomas, who exhibited the statue at the London 1851 Great Exhibition, centrally in the nave of The Crystal Palace. The statue was first unveiled to the public in Cardiff in front of Cardiff Town Hall on Wednesday 13 July 1853. It was the first statue erected in Cardiff. The figure of Crichton-Stuart is cast in bronze, showing him wearing a large flowing ceremonial robe. The bronze figure stands on a tall granite pedestal, 13 feet (4.0 m) in height. The total height of the work was 22 feet (6.7 m). It would be surrounded by an iron railing. The statue was subsequently relocated to the southern end of St Mary Street, on an additional circular stone base, where it effectively became a roundabout at the junction. It was moved to Bute Square (later renamed Callaghan Square) in 1999. References External links Media related to Statue of John Batchelor at Wikimedia Commons
St Saviour's Church, Splott

St Saviour's Church is a Church in Wales church in Splott, Cardiff, South Wales. Early history In the late 19th Century, a large number of churches were built in Cardiff as the city expanded, and what had been villages were absorbed into the growing city. Splott, then called East Moors or Old Moors, had several new churches built. A school chapel, dedicated to St Columba had been founded in 1877. St Saviour's was established as a tin tabernacle in 1884. Both of these buildings were replaced with the present church in 1888. The church was designed by the architects G. F. Bodley and Thomas Garner with a three-gabled design modelled on the 15th century St Mary's Church, Tenby, although without a spire. Originally a daughter church of St German's, St Saviour's saw the creation of its own parish on 30 January 1893. The south aisle was added in 1894. Like many Cardiff churches, St Saviour's has a war memorial. The church served a prominent role in public life through the 20th Century, particularly for its parish hall. This served as a dance hall during World War II. The church became Grade II listed in 1952. Recent history Many churches in Cardiff closed in the post-war years, though St Saviour's managed to avoid this fate. In 1961, it saw a restoration by George Pace which saw the subdivision of the nave into a hall. Despite this, its Victorian image remains largely unaltered (though some of the stained glass dates only from the 1960s). In 1985, the old church hall on the opposite side of the street was sold off. It was replaced with the present structure (as well as a new vestibule), which was opened on 15 May 1987. In 2011, the lead was stripped from the roof of the church's porch, but was abandoned nearby. In 2019, the priest of St. Saviours and the nearby St. German's Church, Fr Phelim O'Hare, was hurt trying to stop thieves from stealing his car. Gallery References
Esgair Moel

Esgair Moel is a woollen mill, originally built in the early 18th century and now reconstructed at St Fagans National Museum of History in Cardiff, Wales. It was the second historic building to be erected at the museum. The mill was built in around 1760, close to a farm of the same name near the small town of Llanwrtyd in Powys. After being enlarged during the 19th century, when the spinning jack, made by John Davies of Llanbrynmair in about 1830 and thought to be the only one of its age and kind still in use, was installed, along with carding engines purchased from a mill in Yorkshire. The mill eventually closed down in 1947 and was relocated and rebuilt at St Fagans in 1952. All the processes from dyeing of fleece to finishing of fabric, can be carried out within the building, which still produces woollen shawls and blankets for sale. The two handlooms, dating from the mid-18th century, were converted to be used with a flying shuttle. The water wheel is located on the ground floor and is fed by water pumped from a pool below, originally built in 1904 as a swimming pool for the Earl of Plymouth, who owned St Fagans at the time. References Further reading Jenkins, J. Geraint (1975). Esgair Moel Woollen Mill (2nd revised ed.). National Museum of Wales / Welsh Folk Museum. ISBN 978-0854850341.
Christ Church, Radyr

Christ Church is a Grade II listed Anglican church in Radyr, Cardiff, Wales. It is a daughter church of St John the Baptist Church, Danescourt, despite being considerably larger. The church was begun in 1903, designed by G.E. Halliday, the Diocesan Surveyor for Llandaff. It was built in response to the growth in the populations of Radyr and Morganstown in the late Victorian years. The nave was first used on Easter Sunday 1904. The dedication stone was laid by Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth, who held the title of Viscount Windsor at nearby St Fagans and had donated the land upon which the church was built. He had formerly served as Cardiff's mayor in the 1890s. The chancel, vestry and tower were added in 1910. An extension, housing parish function rooms, was added in the late 20th century. The original vestry is now a chapel. References
Trinity Methodist Church, Cardiff

Trinity Methodist Church, now the Trinity Centre, is a Grade II listed former Methodist church in Adamsdown, Cardiff, Wales. Church The church was built in 1896–1897 by Albert Victor Ingall & Sons of Birmingham for the United Methodist Free Churches as a replacement for their chapel on Guildford Crescent. The old chapel was sold and became the Masonic Hall. Originally named Newport Road United Methodist Free Church, it was the last built of a number of Methodist presences in the area, the others being Roath Road (opened in 1871, which stood at the junction of Newport Road and City Road, the former being originally named Roath Road until c. 1880) and Broadway (originally founded in 1872 in what is now Nora Street, later moving to Broadway in 1879-80). By the postwar years, this situation had become untenable: the Roath Road church was rendered unusable during the Cardiff Blitz of 1941, and both had seen a decline in attendance. In 1950, the decision was made to merge the Roath Road and Broadway congregations into that of Newport Road, which was renamed Trinity Methodist Church upon the merger. The Roath Road church (already a ruin) was demolished in 1955. The Broadway site was sold to the BBC for £7000 and was used as a studio until c. 1975. It subsequently became a commercial premises before being converted into a mosque in 1980. It was destroyed on 19 September 1989 by a fire which caused substantial damage to several other buildings on Broadway. An extensive remodelling occurred at Trinity in 1978, during which the building was subdivided horizontally by Wyn Thomas & Partners. Recent Use By the early 2010s, the building had become hard to maintain, and worship ceased in the building in 2013. It is now used by the Welsh Refugee Council as a welcoming and assistance centre. The centre formerly received an Equality and Diversity Grant from the Welsh Government. This was ended in 2017, though the grant only supported part of the work performed by the Centre. The location is also used for worship by the Mar Thoma Syrian Church. The congregation began as a prayer group of St Thomas Mar Thoma Church in Bristol, with the first meeting held in Cardiff in 2006. The congregation became independent in 2015. Oasis Centre A similar facility is located in the Oasis Centre on Splott Road. The Centre (also a former Methodist church) was originally founded in 1886, with a large chapel being added in 1895, and a schoolroom in 1908. The chapel was demolished in 1964, with the schoolroom being adapted as a replacement. It was converted into the Oasis Centre in 2008. References
Royal Alexandra Hospital, Rhyl

The Royal Alexandra Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty Frenhinol Alexandra, RAH) is a community hospital in Rhyl, Denbighshire, Wales. It is managed by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The hospital is a Grade II listed building. It has no in-patient facilities but is used for a range of outpatient services including physiotherapy, X-ray and CAMHS. History The hospital has its origins in a convalescent home for sick and needy children established on East Parade in 1872. It moved to the Baths building in 1873 and was renamed the Royal Alexandra Hospital in 1882. Piecemeal expansions occurred until the site for the present building was purchased. The present building was designed by Alfred Waterhouse, perhaps with later input from his son, Paul, as a children's hospital and convalescent home. The hospital design, which was based on a pavilion incorporating open balconies and verandahs, responded to the importance then attached to fresh air as a treatment. Funding came from voluntary subscription, the town council and the Duke of Westminster. Construction started in 1899 and it was officially opened through a ceremony, first by Winifred, Countess of Dundonald in 1900 and later by Prince George and Princess Mary in 1902. An additional east wing was added to the original central and west wings between 1908 and 1910. During Winifred, Countess of Dundonald's opening in 1900, the names of the wards, which were announced as brief services in each of the rooms by Rev. Thomas Lloyd, (Rhyl's Vicar at that time). The larger wards were 'The Gertrude Ffoulkes Ward' (In memory of the only child of the late archdeacon.), 'The Hesketh Ward' (Named in memory of Winifred's father; Robert Bamford Hesketh) and 'The Duke's ward' (Named in memory of the late Duke of Westminster). The smaller wards were 'The Price Roberts Ward' (In remembrance of Dr. Price Roberts, the very first physician who worked at the building) and 'The Graham Ward', there is also an 'Edith Vizard ward'. After acute services transferred to Glan Clwyd Hospital, the Royal Alexandra Hospital became a specialist geriatric facility in 1980. Inpatient services were discontinued in 2009. In May 2020 Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board released plans for a new community hospital as part of a wider refurbishment programme. References
Swansea War Memorial

Swansea War Memorial, also known as Swansea Cenotaph, is a war memorial on the promenade beside Mumbles Road, the A4067, near Brynmill to the southwest of Swansea city centre, overlooking Swansea Beach and Swansea Bay. It was designed by the borough architect, Ernest Morgan, and closely resembles Edwin Lutyens' Cenotaph in London. The memorial cost £3,000, raised by public subscription: over £9,000 was donated, and £3,000 of the excess was directed to assist the children of the fallen. A foundation stone was laid by Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig on 1 July 1922. The competed memorial was unveiled by Admiral of the Fleet Sir Doveton Sturdee a year later, on 21 July 1923, with a dedication by the vicar of Swansea, Prebendary Cecil Wilson. The memorial comprises a tall rectangular Portland stone pylon, about 2 m × 4 m (6 ft 7 in × 13 ft 1 in) in section and 9 m (30 ft) high, standing on three steps, topped by a stone chest (the symbolically empty tomb or "cenotaph"). The sides of the pylon bear bronze low reliefs: on both short sides are bronze wreaths and the dates "1914-1918" and "1939-1945"; the long side facing the sea bears a bronze anchor within a wreath; and the long side facing the land bears the coat of arms of the City of Swansea and the Latin inscription "Pro Deo Rege et Patria" ("For God, King and Country"). The foundation stone bears an inscription which records it was laid by Earl Haig in 1922 over a King's shilling placed by Mrs Fewings, representing war widows. A separate inscription records the unveiling in 1923. The pylon is surrounded by an octagonal paved precinct with four entrances, once gated. Stone benches are built into the inside faces of precinct walls. The walls also carry bronze memorial plaques listing the names of over 2,200 of Swansea's war dead from the First World War, 400 from the Second World War, and several from later conflicts. The corners of the plaques are decorated with swastikas as symbols of good luck. The memorial suffered shrapnel damage in the Second World War, and the damaged gates to the precinct were removed. It became a Grade II listed building in 1994. A short distance along the promenade to the east is the memorial to Swansea Jack, and a memorial to the Second Boer War erected in 1904 opposite St. Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground. A separate memorial to the Merchant Navy was erected at SA1 Swansea Waterfront in 2005. References 51.6107°N 3.9691°W﻿ / 51.6107; -3.9691 Swansea Cenotaph, Coflein, National Monuments Record of Wales Swansea War Memorial, roll-of-honour.com Cenotaph including surrounding walls, britishlistedbuildings.co.uk Swansea War Memorial, War Memorials Register, Imperial War Museums Swansea Cenotaph, warmemorialsonline.org.uk This is why there are swastikas on Swansea's cenotaph war memorial, WalesOnline, 5 September 2018 Swansea Boer War Memorial, War Memorials Register, Imperial War Museums Swansea Merchant Navy Memorial, War Memorials Register, Imperial War Museums
Municipal Offices, Blaenavon

The Municipal Offices (Welsh: Swyddfeydd Bwrdeistrefol Blaenafon) are in Lion Street, Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales. The structure, which was used as the headquarters of Blaenavon Urban District Council, is a Grade II listed building. History Following significant population growth, largely associated with the local ironworks, a local board of health was established in Blaenavon in 1858 and subsequently established its offices in an existing building in Lion Street; after the area became an urban district in 1894, the new urban district council retained the building as its offices. By the late 1920s, the building had become dilapidated and council officials decided to demolish the it and to commission bespoke offices on the same site. The new building was designed by the town surveyor, John Morgan, in the neoclassical style, built in brick with a rusticated stucco finish on the ground floor and with a rendered roughcast finish on the first floor, and was completed in 1930. The design involved a broadly symmetrical main frontage with five bays facing onto Lion Street. The central bay featured a doorway which was flanked by brackets supporting a stone balcony; there were French doors on the first floor and a Dutch gable with finials above. Additional Dutch gables were used as decoration above the first bay on the left and above the canted bay on the corner with the High Street. Internally, the principal room was the council chamber on the first floor. The building continued to serve as the offices of the urban district council for much of the 20th century, but ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged Torfaen District Council was established in 1974. It was then used by Torfaen District Council as a "sub-office" until the early 1990s, when it was abandoned and the building started deteriorating badly. A major programme of restoration works, costing £800,000, was completed in 2001. On completion of the works, the local public library, which had been based in a former school building in Park Street, relocated to the municipal offices. The Blaenavon Museum, which had acquired the collection of the novelist, Alexander Cordell, moved into the basement of the municipal offices in 2002. However, in 2015, Torfaen Council decided to rationalise its estate and, after the library had moved to the Blaenavon World Heritage in Church Road and museum had relocated to the Blaenavon Workmen's Hall, the municipal offices were sold to a private investor for commercial use in 2016. References
Chapel Bay Fort

Chapel Bay Fort is located on the southern shore of the Milford Haven Waterway, Pembrokeshire, Wales. The fort is approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) from the village of Angle. One of a series of forts built as part of the inner line of defence of the Haven following the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom, it is a Grade II Listed Building. and is also known as "Chapel Bay Battery". Construction began in 1890 and was completed in 1891 at a cost of £11,779. The battery was the first fortification in the area to be built of mass concrete. It could accommodate 91 men and had mess room and sick bay facilities. Its initial armament was three ten inch rifled muzzle-loading guns. From June 1900 until August 1901, the battery was reconstructed to take more modern armament - three 6-inch breech-loading guns. Throughout the First World War, the fort remained in military hands, but it was decommissioned in 1920. It was sold to the Angle Estate in 1932. The battery was used during the Second World War when a mining observation post was built on the site. In recent years the fort was acquired privately and now functions as a museum, following a £500,000 grant from the Welsh Assembly. One of the fort's original 10-inch guns has been re-mounted as part of the restoration. The site opened to the public in April 2015. References External links Palmerston Forts Society Chapel Bay Fort & Museum