History

Asylum chapel, designed by Lloyd Williams and Underwood, architects of Denbigh and constructed 1861-2.

Exterior

Asylum chapel in restrained Victorian Gothic style. Of random grey-brown rubble with freestone dressings, slate roofs. Aisleless nave with transepts and polygonal E end with gabled windows, and square projecting sanctuary. Octagonal wooden bellcote at the crossing with slated fleche having gablets and wrought-iron finial. The West end has a 4-light window with geometrical tracery. Nave windows have 2-light geometrical tracery. The N and S porches have doors with ornate hinges; four cusped-light windows to W. Transepts with stepped buttresses and 3-light window with geometrical tracery. The E end has 3-light windows with intersecting tracery, gables above. To the E of these are 2-light windows with cinquefoils, gables above. The projecting sanctuary has a 3-light E window with geometrical tracery; stepped buttresses. (The E end windows containing stained glass were all boarded internally and externally at the time of inspection.

Interior

Simple interior with open scissor roof with iron tie-bars; wooden panelled screen to E end. E window with stained glass by James Ballantine 1861. Stained glass to all E end windows except SE.

Reasons for Listing

Listed for its special interest as a fine example of an 1860s asylum chapel.

Group value with other listed items at the North Wales Hospital.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29493867

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)