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
18376
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
25/04/1997  
Date of Amendment
13/12/2001  
Name of Property
Statue of Rev Thomas Charles (including its railings), in front of Capel Tegid  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Gwynedd  
Community
Bala  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
292694  
Northing
335890  
Street Side
NE  
Location
In front of Capel Tegid.  

Description


Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary  
Period
 

History
Statue of 1875 of Rev Thomas Charles (1755-1814), promoter of education and particularly of Sunday Schools in Wales. Prolific author of religious works, and promoter of such works in the Welsh language, his activities led to the foundation of The British and Foreign Bible Society under whose wing he supervised the production of a Bible in Welsh. Charles attracted the printer Sanderson to Bala, who published 55 of his books. Charles used the chapel in the square (replaced by current building) for his schools. The statue is by William Davies (Mynorydd), of Merthyr Tyfil.  

Exterior
Lifesized statue of Rev Charles in clerical dress; of white marble on tall plinth with low-relief of educational scene; on base with inscription. In area with iron railings with spear finials on low wall.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed as memorial to an important Methodist minister, and for group value with Capel Tegid.  

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