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Jerusalem Chapel, Bethesda

Jerusalem Chapel, Bethesda, Gwynedd, Wales is a Presbyterian Church of Wales chapel built in 1841–1842 and reconstructed in 1872–1875. Of colossal size, the chapel can accommodate 980 people in its horseshoe amphitheatre. Still an active chapel, it is a Grade I listed building. History The original chapel was constructed in 1841–1842 by T. Evans of Bangor and rebuilt in 1872–1875 by Richard Davies. The cost of the original building was £3,400, and the rebuilding, £1,778. The chapel was constructed for the Calvinist Methodist community, a distinct Welsh branch of Methodism. In 1903 an organ was installed, having been purchased from Huddersfield Town Hall. The chapel remains an active place of worship for the Presbyterian Church of Wales. Daily services are conducted in Welsh. Architecture and description The chapel is constructed in an Italianate palazzo style, described in the Gwynedd volume of the Buildings of Wales series as "more town hall than chapel". The chapel is large, of a nearly-square plan. The exterior is of stucco and the building is two storeys with a slate roof. The interior forms a "horseshoe amphitheatre" capable of seating 980 people. The square plan of the exterior is concealed internally by a curved wall and the amphitheatre has a domed ceiling. The chapel is a Grade I listed building, its listing describing it as "a chapel of remarkable scale and dignity ...with a(n) interior of exceptional interest". Notes References Haslam, Richard; Orbach, Julian; Voelcker, Adam (2009). Gwynedd: Anglesey, Caernarvonshire and Merioneth. The Buildings of Wales. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-14169-6. External links Media related to Capel Jerusalem, Bethesda at Wikimedia Commons
St Beuno's Church, Clynnog Fawr

St Beuno's Church is a place of worship located in the village of Clynnog Fawr, Gwynedd, Wales. It belongs to the Church in Wales, an Anglican denomination, and is one of six churches in the parish of Beuno Sant Uwch Gwyrfai. It is adjacent to St Beuno's Chapel, to which it is connected, and approximately 322 metres (352 yards) north-east of Ffynnon Beuno (Beuno's Well). Beuno was a seventh-century Welsh abbot who founded a clas on the site of the present church and was later buried there. The church is significant for its architecture and fittings, and has been described by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales as "one of the most notable [churches] in North Wales". It is a Grade I listed building. Administration The church is one of six in the parish and benefice of Beuno Sant Uwch Gwyrfai, the other five being Christ Church, Penygroes; St Gwyndaf, Llanwnda; St Aelhaern, Llanaelhaearn; and St Twrog, Llandwrog. The parish is within the synod of Bangor, the archdeaconry of Bangor, and the diocese of Bangor. History The earliest parts of the current church are the chancel and transepts, which date from c. 1480 and must have been completed by 1486, the date which appears on stained glass formerly in the east window. The nave was built soon afterwards, in c. 1500, but the fact it is an addition is clear from the fact that the external plinth and string course of the transepts are visible on its interior east wall. The north porch was probably built shortly after the nave, and the vestry, west tower, and St Beuno's chapel probably date from the early sixteenth century. The tower and chapel are similar in style and have uncusped window tracery similar to that of the tower of Bangor Cathedral, which was completed in 1532. The passage between the tower and chapel probably dates from the early seventeenth century.The church is recorded as having been burnt in 978 by the Vikings and later burnt again by the Normans The church is a Grade I listed building. Ffynnon Beuno The well is located on the outskirts of the village, south-west of the church. It consists of a rectangular pool enclosed by a roughly dressed stone wall. See also List of churches in Gwynedd List of Church in Wales churches References
Hygga House Dovecote, Trellech

The Dovecote, Hygga, Trellech, Monmouthshire is a late 16th-century dovecote, in an unusually complete state of preservation. Part of the service buildings for the, now demolished, Hygga House, the dovecote is a Grade II* listed building and a scheduled monument. History and description The origin of the name Hygga is Old Norse, meaning "to comfort". In the 16th century, a substantial mansion, Hygga House, stood on the site but it has since been demolished. The dovecote, along with a large barn and a shippon and stables, comprised a range of service buildings for the house. In a poor state of repair for over two centuries, the dovecote was fully restored in the 1980s and now forms a rare example of a complete 16th-century dovecote. Sir Cyril Fox and Lord Raglan, in their three-volume guide Monmouthshire Houses, note the rarity of such dovecotes within the county, citing one at Llantellen, Skenfrith as the only other known example. In his study, A Book of Dovecotes published in 1920, Arthur Owens Cooke in fact noted three; at Court Farm, Llanvair Discoed; at St Pierre; and at Llanthony Priory; but does not record Hygga. The architectural historian John Newman gives a dating for the dovecote, and the associated barns, of c.1600. The dovecote is constructed of lime-washed stone rubble, with a "stone-slated conical roof". Unusually for a dovecote, it has windows with ovolo mullions. Above the windows are six tiers of nesting boxes, set into the wall. The dovecote is a Scheduled monument, and a Grade II* listed building, its listing recording the dovecote as a "particularly fine and complete example". Footnotes References Sources Cooke, Arthur Owens (1920). A Book of Dovecotes. London: T. N. Foulis. OCLC 1965568. Fox, Cyril; Raglan, Lord (1994) [1954]. Renaissance Houses. Monmouthshire Houses. Vol. 3. Cardiff: Merton Priory Press Ltd & The National Museum of Wales. ISBN 1-898937-00-1. OCLC 776066469. Newman, John (2000). Gwent/Monmouthshire. The Buildings of Wales. London: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-071053-1. — (2009). Griffiths, Ralph A.; Madeline, Gray; Prys, Morgan (eds.). The Making of Monmouthshire, 1536-1780. The Gwent County History. Vol. 3. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 978-0-7083-2198-0. OCLC 895978900. Whittle, Elisabeth (1992). A Guide to Ancient and Historic Wales: Glamorgan and Gwent. London: HMSO. ISBN 9780117012219. OCLC 30739843.
Church of St Oudoceus, Llandogo

The Church of St Oudoceus, Llandogo, Monmouthshire is a parish church built in 1859–1861. The church is dedicated to St Oudoceus (Euddogwy), an early Bishop of Llandaff who retired to Llandogo and was reputed to have died there in about AD 700. Designed by the ecclesiastical architect John Pollard Seddon, the church has a notable painted interior. It is an active parish church and a Grade II* listed building. History The site is monastic in origin and is first mentioned as a religious foundation in 625. Oudoceus is recorded as having retired here and a subsequent church was constructed in the Middle Ages. Nothing now remains of the earlier church. The present building was designed by John Pollard Seddon and was built between 1859 and 1861. Further construction, including decoration of the interior, was undertaken in 1869. The church remains an active parish church. Architecture and description The church is constructed of Old Red Sandstone with Bath Stone dressings, creating a polychromatic display. It has a nave, roofed in Welsh slate, a chancel with vestry, two porches and a bellcote. The architectural historian John Newman describes this as "an extraordinarily elaborate belfry, a sort of pulpit in the sky". The style of the whole is Early French. The interior is "calmer" but still elaborate, decorated with wall paintings by a German artist to the designs of Coates Carter, Seddon's architectural partner after John Prichard's death. Notes References Newman, John (2000). Gwent/Monmouthshire. The Buildings of Wales. London: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-071053-1. External links Artworks at the site at Imaging the Bible in Wales Database
St Engan's Church, Llanengan

St Engan's Church is an active parish church in Llanengan, Gwynedd, Wales. The village lies in the south of the Llŷn Peninsula, south-west of Abersoch. Cadw records that the current church dates mainly from the 1530s, with 13th-century origins. It is a Grade I listed building. History The village of Llanengan stands 1.2 mi (1.9 km) south-west of Abersoch just inland from the southern coast of the Llŷn Peninsula. The church stands in the centre and is dedicated to Saint Engan. A Welsh saint of the 5th or 6th centuries, his remains are said to be buried in the church. The church dates from the 13th century, but almost all of the present structure is from a building campaign between 1520 and 1534. Later restorations were undertaken in the 19th and 20th centuries. The church was on the pilgrimage route to St Mary's Abbey on Bardsey Island. The church remains an active parish church in the Diocese of Bangor and regular services are held. Architecture and description Richard Haslam, Julian Orbach and Adam Voelcker, in their 2009 edition Gywnedd, in the Buildings of Wales series, describe the church as among "the most beautiful" of the pilgrimage churches on the peninsula. The nave and chancel are continuous, a south porch and a west tower. The tower contains an inscribed panel, the translation reading, "this tower was built in honour of St Einion, King of Wales, apostle of the Scots in 1534". The building material is local rubble, while the roofs are modern slate replacements. The interior mainly dates from the Tudor rebuilding. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW) records the two "outstanding medieval screens dating from around 1530". St Engan's is a Grade I listed building. The lychgate, a secondary gate and its wall, and two graves enclosed with railings are all listed at Grade II. Notes References Sources Baring-Gould, Sabine (1908). The Lives of the British Saints: The Saints of Wales and Cornwall and Such Irish Saints as Have Dedications in Britain. Vol. III. London: Charles Clark. Haslam, Richard; Orbach, Julian; Voelcker, Adam (2009). Gwynedd. The Buildings of Wales. New Haven, US and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-14169-6. OCLC 1023292902. External links RCAHMW photographic survey
Cochwillan

Cochwillan is a medieval hall house situated in the lower Ogwen Valley, south of the village of Talybont in the parish of Llanllechid, between Bethesda and Llandygai. It is designated by Cadw as a Grade I listed building. History Cochwillan was built around 1465 by William ap Gruffudd who for supporting Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth was rewarded by being named Sheriff of Caernarvonshire. In the 17th century John Williams, Archbishop of York combined the hall with the Penrhyn estate. By 1969 it was in use as a barn when it was restored by Cadw and the Penhryn estate. Features Many of its original architectural elements are still intact, including the hammerbeam roof of three bays, and unusual for the time, a lateral fireplace. In poetry The owners of the hall gave patronage for some of the most prominent poets of the period such as Lewys Daron, Lewys Môn and Guto'r Glyn. References Further reading Darganfod Tai Hanesyddol Eryri: Discovering the Historic Houses of Snowdonia by Richard Suggett and Margaret Dunn, Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Wales, 2014, ISBN 9781871184532 A Gwynedd (Guide to Ancient & Historic Wales) by Welsh Historic Monuments, Stationery Office Books, 1995, ISBN 0117015741 External links Cochwillan, Coflein A Genealogical Account of the Families of Penrhyn and Cochwillan by William Williams, 1802
Ebenezer Chapel, Aberavon

Ebenezer Chapel, Aberavon (more correctly, "Ebenezer Baptist Church"), is a Baptist church in Port Talbot, Wales. Built in 1881, it is located in the Civic Square, where it is the only surviving building from the old Port Talbot town centre to have survived the wholesale demolition that preceded the construction of a new town centre during the mid-1970s; the address was formerly "Talbot Street". It has been a listed building since 1980. The building was designed in a "scarce Romanesque style" by George Morgan of Carmarthen, a noted architect of Baptist chapels, and was built on the site of an earlier chapel, dating from 1836. Services at the church have traditionally been conducted in the Welsh language but both Welsh and English are used. Located close to the civic centre, it is used by the local authority, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council, for an annual carol service and other occasional events. References
St Beuno's Church, Pistyll

St Beuno's Church is a Grade I listed building located north-east of the village of Pistyll, Gwynedd, Wales. The church is dedicated to Beuno, a 7th-century Welsh saint. History The village of Pistyll stands 1.6 mi (2.6 km) north-east of Nefyn just inland from the northern coast of the Llŷn Peninsula. The church stands to the north-east and is dedicated to Beuno, a 7th-century Welsh saint. The church dates back to the 12th century, but most of the present structure dates to later building campaigns, principally of the 15th century. The church was on the pilgrimage route to St Mary's Abbey on Bardsey Island. It maintains an ancient tradition of scattering the floor with "rushes and sweet-smelling herbs" at Christmas, Easter, and in August. The church remains an active parish church in the Diocese of Bangor and occasional services are held. Architecture and description Richard Haslam, Julian Orbach, and Adam Voelcker, in their 2009 edition Gwynedd, in the Buildings of Wales series, note the church's setting, "on a shelf above the sea". The design is simple — a short, combined nave and chancel with a bellcote above. The building material is of the local rhyolite rubble, and the interior contains an important 11th century font. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW) records the external decoration of the bowl; "Anglo-Scandinavian two strand chain interlace design". There is evidence of wall decoration in the form of biblical texts in Welsh and a painting of Saint Christopher, but these are very decayed. St Beuno's is a Grade I listed building. Gallery References Sources Baring-Gould, Sabine (1908). The Lives of the British Saints: The Saints of Wales and Cornwall and Such Irish Saints as Have Dedications in Britain. Vol. III. London: Charles Clark. Haslam, Richard; Orbach, Julian; Voelcker, Adam (2009). Gwynedd. The Buildings of Wales. New Haven, US and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-14169-6. OCLC 1023292902. External links RCAHMW photographic survey
St Gwynhoydl's Church, Llangwnnadl

St Gwynhoydl's Church is located just north-west of the village of Llangwnnadl, Gwynedd, Wales. The church is dedicated to Gwynhoydl, a 6th-century Welsh saint. The church dates to the 14th or 15th centuries, and was greatly extended in the 16th. It is a Grade I listed building. Background The village of Llangwnnadl stands 45 km (28 mi) south-east of Caernarfon on the northern coast of the Llŷn Peninsula. The church stands just north of the village and is dedicated to Gwynhoydl, a 6th-century Welsh saint. Also spelt Gwynhoedl, he was held to be a son of the legendary figure Seithennin in the genealogical tract Bonedd y Saint, and his feast day is said to have been on 1 January. The church dates from the 14th or 15th centuries, with the additional of the two aisles dating from 1520 to 1530. The church was on the pilgrimage route to St Mary's Abbey on Bardsey Island. It was restored in 1850 by Henry Kennedy, architect to the Diocese of Bangor. The church remains an active parish church in the Diocese of Bangor and occasional services are held. Architecture and description Richard Haslam, Julian Orbach and Adam Voelcker, in their Gwynedd volume of the Buildings of Wales series, record the church's "extraordinary plan – three naves of equal length, the overall width greater than the length". Such a design is rare. The central nave and chancel are combined with a bellcote above. The building material is local rubble, and slate for the roof. Arcades in the interior carry two inscribed panels, one of the Latin inscriptions recording the burial of Saint Gwynhoydl at the site. The church is a Grade I listed building. Gallery References Sources Bartrum, P. C. (1993). A Welsh Classical Dictionary: People in History and Legend up to about A.D. 1000. Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales. Haslam, Richard; Orbach, Julian; Voelcker, Adam (2009). Gwynedd. The Buildings of Wales. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-14169-6. OCLC 1023292902. External links RCAHMW photographic survey
St Cadoc's Church, Glynneath

St. Cadoc's Church is a Church in Wales church in Glynneath, Wales. It is located in the grounds of the now derelict Aberpergwm House for which it was an estate church. History Possibly of late-medieval origin, the church was a 17th-century chapel of ease in the parish of Cadoxton. It was rebuilt in 1808–09 by Rees Williams of Aberpergwm House and remodelled and extended by his son William Williams in 1836–41, when the chancel was added. It was repaired and further modified in 1883. The church was restored in 2001 with further repairs and conservation of the stained glass in 2011. Architecture Rectangular in form, the church is built from Pennant sandstone with a slate roof and an octagonal bellcote. The window frames in the north and south walls are of red Cheshire sandstone and probably date from 1883. Inside are Georgian white plaster walls and vaulted ceilings and a neo-Norman chancel arch. Stained glass The east window contains four stained glass panels dating from 1530–1542 which originate from Steinfeld Abbey near Cologne, from which they were removed following the secularisation of the abbey in 1802. A stained glass window in the north wall dates from 1882. Monuments and memorials The two medieval effigies in the chancel are said to have been purchased in France to enhance the antique effect. There are several memorials to members of the Williams family, including an elaborate memorial in the graveyard known locally as the Wedding Cake Memorial. There is a memorial tablet to Dafydd Nicolas (1705–1774), bard at Aberpergwm House, who was among the last of the Welsh household bards. References
Bulkeley Hotel

The Bulkeley Hotel stands on the seafront in Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales. It was designed by the architectural partnership of Joseph Hansom and Edward Welch for the Beaumaris Corporation. The development was a central part of the corporation's plans to reposition Beaumaris as a fashionable seaside resort in response to its declining maritime trade. It is designated a Grade I listed building, and remains in operation. History The town and castle of Beaumaris were created in the late 13th century as part of the Conquest of Wales led by Edward I. Planned in the 1280s, and constructed from 1295 by Edward's master builder, James of St George, the settlement replaced the historic Welsh capital of Llanfaes. Beaumaris's location, and natural harbour, encouraged maritime trade and in the Middle Ages the town flourished as a port and the customs hub for North-West Wales. By the early 19th century this trade was in decline and the town's council sought to reinvent Beaumaris as a seaside resort. A visit to the town by Princess Victoria in 1832 saw the Victoria Terrace named in her honour and the princess and her mother, the Duchess of Kent, stayed at the Bulkeley Hotel. Later additions to the hotel were made by P. Shearson Gregory at the very end of the 19th century, and in the 1930s the architect Sidney Colwyn Foulkes extended the building. Architecture and description The hotel is a five bay, three-storey block in a Neoclassical design. The construction material is limestone ashlar. Richard Haslam, Julian Orbach and Adam Voelcker, in their 2009 edition Gywnedd, in the Buildings of Wales series, call it "the finest of its date in Wales". The hotel is a Grade I listed building. The forecourt wall and gate piers are separately listed at Grade II. Notes References Sources Haslam, Richard; Orbach, Julian; Voelcker, Adam (2009). Gwynedd. The Buildings of Wales. New Haven, US and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-14169-6. OCLC 1023292902. External links Media related to The Bulkeley Hotel, Beaumaris at Wikimedia Commons
St Mary's and St Nicholas's Church, Beaumaris

St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Beaumaris, an Anglican church, is a fourteenth century Grade I listed building in Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales. History The church was founded around 1330, initially as a chapel of ease to Llandegfan, to serve the new town. Description It retains a 14th-century decorated nave, with four-bay arcades, although the chancel was rebuilt around 1500 in Perpendicular style. The west tower is of four stages, with a battlemented parapet. The upper section was remodelled in the early 19th century. The north vestry and south porch are probably nineteenth century. The exterior is mainly Perpendicular. There are sixteenth century chancel stalls, and also the coffin and lid of Joan, wife of Llywelyn ab Iorwerth, married at the age of 15, and illegitimate daughter of King John. There are late fifteenth to early sixteenth century misericords, although with eight 1902 replacements. It is likely the old misericords came from the friary at Llan-faes. The church also contains the tomb of William Bulkeley, (died c. 1490), deputy constable of the castle, and of his wife. This is made of Midlands alabaster. A number of monuments to leading sixteenth and seventeenth century Establishment figures (notably Sir Henry Sidney, Lord President of Wales and Lord Deputy of Ireland, a parson son of Sir Julius Caesar and a niece of George Herbert) adorn the chancel east wall. The chancel north wall contains a medieval brass plaque and a monument to an eighteenth-century Viscount Bulkeley. The clock tower has a ring of eight bells, with six cast in 1819 augmented by two additional bells cast in 1914. The bells are in A flat and hung for full circle ringing. The four clock faces and their mechanism are maintained by Beaumaris borough. St Mary's and St Nicholas's is located in a large churchyard, with Church Street to the east and Steeple Lane to the west. A number of slate tombstones line the north wall of the churchyard providing detail of sociological interest (occupations etc.). A large tomb of a local polymath stands near the south porch; other slate tombstones have been destroyed near the south path due to the use of mechanical appliances. See also Grade I listed buildings in Anglesey References External links Artworks at St Mary's and St Nicholas's Church, Beaumaris