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Latitude: 53.3144 / 53°18'51"N
Longitude: -3.7406 / 3°44'26"W
OS Eastings: 284135
OS Northings: 381130
OS Grid: SH841811
Mapcode National: GBR 2Z93.YL
Mapcode Global: WH64Z.HYZH
Plus Code: 9C5R8775+QQ
Entry Name: St Trillo's Chapel
Listing Date: 21 June 1950
Last Amended: 9 September 1994
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 146
Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
ID on this website: 300000146
Location: Just above the beach, under the low cliff at the extreme NE point of the land.
County: Conwy
Community: Rhos-on-Sea (Llandrillo-yn-Rhos)
Community: Llandrillo-yn-Rhos / Rhos-on-Sea
Locality: Rhos on Sea
Built-Up Area: Colwyn Bay
Traditional County: Caernarfonshire
Tagged with: Church building
There is no secure account of the history of the building, and estimates of its date range from the C6 to the C16. There is also uncertainty as to its original purpose, with some historians contending that it was simply built as a well-house, others maintaining that it was intended as a chapel. After the roof collapsed (some time after 1855) the chapel was restored by Arthur Baker, with a lower external roof pitch, and a pointed instead of a segmental arch to the vault. It was again restored in 1935, under the supervision of Mr Harold Hughes of Bangor.
Rough rubble single celled structure with barrel vaulted roof. Doorway in narrow pointed archway in W gable wall, and small windows to N and E. The stained glass in the E window is by Morris and Co, 1935. Roughly cobbled floor, and altar slab over well.
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