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
4840
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/11/1966
Date of Amendment
25/02/2005
Name of Property
Holy Cross Church
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Maentwrog
Town
Locality
Gellilydan
Easting
268692
Northing
339903
Street Side
E
Location
Set back from the E side of the A487(T) to W of the village of Gellilydan.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
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).
Reason for designation
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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