Galnrafon Evangelical Church, Llangollen, Denbighshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9703 / 52°58'13"N

Longitude: -3.1726 / 3°10'21"W

OS Eastings: 321346

OS Northings: 342079

OS Grid: SJ213420

Mapcode National: GBR 6Y.JXGY

Mapcode Global: WH784.7LGS

Plus Code: 9C4RXRCG+4W

Entry Name: Galnrafon Evangelical Church

Listing Date: 22 December 1989

Last Amended: 22 December 1989

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 1222

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

Also known as: Galnrafon Evangelical Church, Victoria Promenade

ID on this website: 300001222

Location: On the western edge of the town centre high above the southern bank of the River Dee. Princess Street to rear.

County: Denbighshire

Community: Llangollen

Built-Up Area: Llangollen

Traditional County: Denbighshire

Tagged with: Church building Chapel

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History

Built 1903 as a Independant Congregational church by Owen Morris Roberts, architects firm of Porthmadog (plans signed by David Roberts). Idiosyncratic clasical style.

Exterior

2-storey scribed render front with pediment treatment; acoteria bases and central round arch rising through pediment. Slate roof, ventilators and tiled ridge. Composite capitals and fluted pilasters to upper part (that to left is partly unfluted); bulls eye window to centre over date plaque. 2 and 3-light windows to gallery level with deeply recessed round arched sash windows; marginal glazing bars, keystones and bracket cills. 2-light similar windows below with triangular heads rising up to entablature; plain flanking pilasters. Central, paired round arched headed entrance, with panelled doors. Foundation stones commemorate the original congregational church established by William Williams, ca 1800. 4 bay pebbledashed right hand side with cill band and sash windows with marginal glazing bars and cement architraves; round arched headed to gallery, square headed below. Outbuilding attached. Similar left hand side and plain rear with band courses.
Railed forecourt to front with barley twist lamp standard and railings by John Davies, Ty Coch, Llangollen.

Interior

Raked gallery inside on fluted cast iron piers; pitch pine panelled woodwork throughout. Tall semicircular arch behind the 'set fawr' with fluted pilasters and foliage decoration to tympanum. Boarded ceiling cornice, roses and arabesque ornament surrounding central ventilator panel.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Llangollen Methodist Church
Prominently sited between Princess Street and Victoria Promenade, visible from much of the N side of the River Dee.
II Down Platform Building to W of Llangollen Station Building Railway Station
Approximately 75 metres W of the Railway Station, to E of the 'up' platform building.
II 'Up' Platform Building to W Llangollen Railway Station
Approximately 100 metres W of the Railway Station, to E of the 'up' platform building.
II Dee Mill
On the S bank of the River Dee just W of Llangollen Bridge. At the end of the lane.
II Police Station
Detached midway along the street at right angles to Town Hall
II Cambrian Hotel
At the roadside on western edge of the town.
II Ectarc (Former Bedyddwyr Chapel)
Detached and set back from the street line.
II Town Hall
Set back from the road on the corner with Parade Street.

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Galnrafon Evangelical Church

A Grade II Listed Building in Llangollen, Denbighshire