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Church of St Garmon

A Grade II Listed Building in Betws Garmon, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.0955 / 53°5'43"N

Longitude: -4.1883 / 4°11'17"W

OS Eastings: 253571

OS Northings: 357603

OS Grid: SH535576

Mapcode National: GBR 5M.9326

Mapcode Global: WH54S.MGS8

Plus Code: 9C5Q3RW6+5M

Entry Name: Church of St Garmon

Listing Date: 29 May 1968

Last Amended: 29 January 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 3754

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

Also known as: Church of St Garmon, Betws Garmon
St Garmon's Church, Betws Garmon

ID on this website: 300003754

Location: Located on level ground in a low rubblestone-walled rectangular churchyard on the north side of the A 4085 at Betws Garmon.

County: Gwynedd

Town: Caernarfon

Community: Betws Garmon

Community: Betws Garmon

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: Church building

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History

Built in 1841-2 by George Alexander near the site of the old church, the west end of which appears to have been where the present chancel is.

Exterior

Parish church. Romanesque style. Regularly coursed and dressed rubblestone blocks with ashlar dressings; slate roofs with coped verges and kneelers to nave, conical to semi-circular sanctuary. Nave in 3 bays with 2 stepped buttresses to north and south walls and diagonal buttresses to corners. 2-light round-arched cast-iron latticed windows with plain chamfered shafts and capitals in round-headed openings linked by continuous impost banding. West end has central round-headed doorway with date "1842" to top and recessed boarded door; narrow round-headed windows to either side linked by continuous impost band. String course above with slightly projecting break to centre of the wall, housing a 2-light window like those to north and south walls, continues up to form gabled bellcote with round-headed opening; this has extrados, imposts and a bell. Semi-circular apsidal sanctuary has 3 small round-headed windows linked by continuous cill and impost bands; red stained glass to outer quarries.

Interior

Simple interior has collar and tie beam roof structure with boarding to the rafters; half-height screen forms small internal lobby at west end; slate floor. Plain C19 fittings include rail to raised sanctuary, pulpit, reading desk and benches. C17 communion table with C20 top; font with carved lettering and date "CAPEL. SANT. GARMON. BETWS. 1614" also from old church has a small 4-leaved flower carved between "CAPEL" and the date. C18 wall tablets and a brass on north wall to John Rowlands (d.1703).

Reasons for Listing

Included as an unaltered mid-C19 church, an unusual essay in Romanesque style forming a prominent local landmark.

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