Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
80694
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
27/11/2002
Date of Amendment
27/11/2002
Name of Property
Llangollen Methodist Church
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Llangollen
Town
Locality
Llangollen
Easting
321276
Northing
342078
Street Side
Location
Prominently sited between Princess Street and Victoria Promenade, visible from much of the N side of the River Dee.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Built in 1903 by W & J Morley and Son, a special firm of chapel builders from Bradford. This is their only known chapel in Wales.
Exterior
Nonconformist church. Yellow brown stone, tiled roofs.
Geometrical Decorated Gothic style with transepts, polygonal apse and stone spire. Entrance front has large 4-light window above 4 small Gothic windows, to L, porch with door facing road, and small window to front. To R, tower with stone spire, buttresses run up to form turrets; window with quatrefoil at upper stage, paired lancets below, and Gothic doorway. Two 2-light Geometrical windows to sides, and transepts with 3-light windows. Lower rear block with polygonal apse, geometrical window, and lancets to facets. Vestry to each side.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a late but well-preserved Gothic Revival chapel with definite character and strong townscape importance.
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