Capel Moriah Fro, Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9025 / 52°54'8"N

Longitude: -3.9234 / 3°55'24"W

OS Eastings: 270730

OS Northings: 335624

OS Grid: SH707356

Mapcode National: GBR 5Z.P1G7

Mapcode Global: WH55W.P9XR

Plus Code: 9C4RW32G+XM

Entry Name: Capel Moriah Fro

Listing Date: 27 February 2004

Last Amended: 27 February 2004

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 82534

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

Also known as: Moreia Chapel

ID on this website: 300082534

Location: In a prominent location, within a railed enclosure, raised above the W side of Pen y Garreg Street in the centre of the village of Trawsfynydd.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Trawsfynydd

Built-Up Area: Trawsfynydd

Traditional County: Merionethshire

Tagged with: Chapel

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History

Late C19 chapel. Built to replace an earlier chapel on the site, itself rebuilt in 1839, recorded on a reset slate tablet set into the wall of the chapel yard .

Exterior

Romanesque style chapel. Built of grey rock-faced snecked masonry with pale freestone dressings; slate roof with shallow stone parapet copings and fleur de lys finials. Gabled entrance elevation has stepped decoration and an advanced centre which has paired round headed arched doorways with flanking Romanesque columns; triple arched window at first floor level over a moulded corbelled course, articulated by columns with Romanesque capitals and a small Venetian window in the apex. In the flanking outer bays, there is a round-headed window over square-headed window; the side elevations have square-headed ground and first floor windows to each of 5 bays. All windows are modern replacements of the original margin paned lights. The rear elevation is rendered and has scattered modern fenestration.

Reasons for Listing

Ambitiously scaled C19 chapel on an important site in the village centre.

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Capel Moriah Fro

A Grade II Listed Building in Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd