Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
146
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
21/06/1950
Date of Amendment
09/09/1994
Name of Property
St Trillo's Chapel
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Llandrillo-yn-Rhos / Rhos-on-Sea
Town
Locality
Rhos on Sea
Easting
284135
Northing
381130
Street Side
NE
Location
Just above the beach, under the low cliff at the extreme NE point of the land.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
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.
Exterior
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.
Interior
Reason for designation
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