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
21613
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/03/1999
Date of Amendment
31/03/1999
Name of Property
Front Walls and Gates to Moriah Methodist Chapel
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanystumdwy
Town
Criccieth
Locality
Llanystumdwy
Easting
247483
Northing
338448
Street Side
Location
The front walls to the grassed forecourt of Capel Moriah are on the S side of the main road through the village.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
The wall and gates enclosing the forecourt to the chapel were built in 1936, at the same time as the chapel, and designed by Clough Williams Ellis, architect of Portmeirion.
Exterior
The lawned forecourt of the chapel is enclosed from the road side by low rubble stone walls with integral pointed copings. They are symmetrical and curve inwards to taller cylindrical gate piers with stepped tops, formerly supporting tall urns similar to those opposite on the Caernarfon Gates.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included, despite the loss of the gate piers finials, as a distinctive design, and part of the setting of the Grade II* Capel Moriah, at the centre of the conservation area of Llanystumdwy.
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