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Holy Cross Church

A Grade II Listed Building in Maentwrog, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9404 / 52°56'25"N

Longitude: -3.9554 / 3°57'19"W

OS Eastings: 268692

OS Northings: 339903

OS Grid: SH686399

Mapcode National: GBR 5X.LZL5

Mapcode Global: WH55P.6CR4

Plus Code: 9C4RW2RV+5R

Entry Name: Holy Cross Church

Listing Date: 30 November 1966

Last Amended: 25 February 2005

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 4840

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300004840

Location: Set back from the E side of the A487(T) to W of the village of Gellilydan.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Maentwrog

Community: Maentwrog

Locality: Gellilydan

Traditional County: Merionethshire

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History

Probably late C18 building, formerly a tannery and converted to use as a Roman Catholic church in mid C20. The area had experienced an influx of Irish workers, brought from County Cork to build the dams for the original Maentwrog hydo-electric scheme. Some were said to have stayed on in the area, and the Church is said to reflect this history. Extended by the addition of a gabled porch and a low extension built at right angles to the NW.

Exterior

Tall gable entry building, built of mortared rubble masonry; slate roof. The main part of the church is a 4-bay linear range with each bay articulated by a tall narrow window with slate sills. There is a stained glass window set in the circular light in the SW gable apex below which is the entrance porch. The porch has a doorway in the L (NW) wall and a window of 4-lights with slate sill and lintel in the SW. The modern addition to NW is a single storey range of 3, 6-pane windows; slate roof and grit rendered elevations.

Interior

The interior was not inspected at the time of the survey (June/July 2003).

Reasons for Listing

Listed as an unusual example of a Roman Catholic church building, retaining some of the character of it's early industrial history.

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