St Gwenllwyfo's Church

St Gwenllwyfo's Church
The church from the south-west
St Gwenllwyfo's Church is located in Anglesey
St Gwenllwyfo's Church
St Gwenllwyfo's Church
Location in Anglesey
53°22′44″N 4°17′27″W / 53.378809°N 4.290799°W / 53.378809; -4.290799
OS grid referenceSH 477 893
LocationDulas, Anglesey
CountryWales
DenominationChurch in Wales
History
StatusParish church
Founded1856
DedicationLlanwenllwyfo
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II*
Designated12 May 1970
Architect(s)Henry Kennedy
Architectural typeChurch
StyleGothic revival
Specifications
MaterialsRubble masonry with slate roof
Administration
ProvinceWales
DioceseDiocese of Bangor
ArchdeaconryBangor
DeaneryTwrcelyn
ParishAmlwch
Clergy
Priest in chargeH V Jones [1]

St Gwenllwyfo's Church is a 19th-century parish church near the village of Dulas, in Anglesey, Wales. It was built between 1854 and 1856 to replace an earlier church in the parish, also dedicated to St Gwenllwyfo, which needed repair and had become too small for its congregation. The new church was built nearer to the Llys Dulas estate, whose owner contributed £936 towards the total cost of £1,417, rather than near the area where many of the parishioners lived. In 1876, Sir Arundell Neave (who had married into the family that owned Llys Dulas) donated 27 panels of 15th and 16th-century stained glass that had once belonged to a Flemish monastery.

The church is still used for worship by the Church in Wales, one of four in the parish of Amlwch. It is a Grade II* listed building, a national designation given to "particularly important buildings of more than special interest",[2] in particular because of its "fine collection" of stained glass.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference CinW was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ What is listing? (PDF). Cadw. 2005. p. 6. ISBN 1-85760-222-6.
  3. ^ Cadw. "Church of St Gwenllwyfo (5370)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2011.

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