The name or dedication of the church.
This identifies the church type. Most churches are parish churches which means they serve a specific parish or area. Other types such as chapel, daughter and mission are mostly historic designations as many are now also parish churches. Please note that former churches are no longer used for worhsip and may be in private ownership.
A unique identification number given to every church.
The name of the diocese in which the church is located.
The name of the archdeaconry in which the church is located.
This is the legal name of the parish as given by the Church Commissioners.
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There are 3 levels of listing: Grade I, II* & II. The majority of buildings which are of special interest are Grade II. A much smaller number of particularly important buildings are listed as Grade II*. Buildings of exceptional interest (approx 2% of the total number of listed buildings) are Grade I.
Ancient monuments and archaeological remains of national importance are protected by law. Cadw, the Welsh Government’s historic environment service is responsible for compiling a schedule (list) of these ancient monuments, some of which can be found in churches and churchyards. Examples can include churchyard crosses and the archaeological remains of previous churches or buildings on the site.
There are three National Parks in Wales: Snowdonia, Pembrokeshire Coast and Brecon Beacons. These protect 20 percent of the land in Wales, including precious landscapes, habitats, villages and heritage sites.
There are over 500 conservation areas in Wales. They are designated by local planning authorities for their special architectural and historic interest.
The Buildings at Risk register is managed by Cadw (the Welsh Government’s historic environment service) in order to identify the number and type of listed buildings at risk in Wales.
It is often extremely difficult to determine a precise date of construction for a church as many have been extensively altered over time. Church Heritage Cymru therefore shows a date range within which a church is believed to have been constructed. The dates are as follows: Early Medieval (pre 1066), Medieval (post 1066 to 1540), Post Medieval (1540 to 1837), Victorian/Pre WWI (1837 to 1914) and Modern (post 1914).
This is a very brief summary of the church's main features. More detailed nformation can be found in the other fields and pages (tabs) in this database.
Useful information is displayed here for people wishing to visit the church. This may include things like opening hours, catering & toilet facilities, parking, etc.
If the church has its own website the details will be displayed here.
Any further sources of information for the church will be listed here (eg. links to other historic databases).
This is the Ordnance Survey (OS) reference for the location of the church. Some locations will be approximate as this data is continuously being refined and updated.
This is the name of the Local Authoirity within which the church is located.
This describes how the church relates to its immediate and wider environment, sometimes called its setting. It describes how the church contributes to its landscape or townscape and how these things collectively contribute to the character of the area.
Wrexham is by passed by the A483 22km southwest of Chester and 294km north west of London. The church in the centre of the town lies within an enclosed churchyard above the valley of the Afon Gwenfro.
AA Route Planner OS Map 117 Cadw Listing Notice 1769
This is a description of the ground plan of the church.
If known, the dimensions (measurements) of the church ground plan will be displayed here.
If the footrprint (area) of the church is known, it will be displayed here.
A description of the history and archaeology of the church and its site.
The church is largely C15, with much of the work followed the collapse of the tower in 1330/1, Perpendicular remodelling took place inC15 following a fire but the major restoration was by Benjamin Ferrey in 1866-67 and then in 1894and 1903-4 by H A Prothero.
Reference Buildings of Wales– Clwyd 2003 Cadw Listing Notice 1769
A description of the exterior of the church and the main features of the churchyard.
A church with a west tower (referred to as a steeple in the rhyme ‘The Seven Wonders of Wales’), a nave with clerestory and two aisles with integral west porches and an apsidal chancel. It was built from Cefn sandstone, coursed and squared all beneath lead roofs. The six stage tower has clasping buttresses all enriched with blind traceried arcading and quatrefoil bands. The outer and central pilasters have canopied niches carrying statues. The fourth and five stages have pairs of ogee windows, mainly blind. The bell chamber also has ogee windows. There are crocketed pinnacles to the parapet all with heavy octagonal turrets all overlaid with blind tracery. The aisles are divided into bays by tall buttresses surmounted by crocketed pinnacles. The northwest doorway has a deep moulded arched doorway with a statue in canopied pinnacles while the north east doorway has a canopied niche with a statue. The south porch is plainer and was added in 1822 The Perpendicular chancel has hood moulds with fleurons and to thew third and fourth windows elaborate corbels.
Reference Buildings of Wales – Clwyd 2003 Cadw Listing Notice 1769 Welsh Stone Forum National Museum of Wales Number 15
Information about any noteable architects, artists, people, or events associated with the church.
Information about any important features and building fabric.
If known, a list of the church's major building material/s will be displayed here.
Any renewable energy systems the church is using will be listed here.
This section gives a general description of the interior of the church. Further details of any important internal fixtures and fittings will be listed below.
The nave has an aisle-less western bay which is the ante nave which dates to the remodelling in C15, and a Decorated arcade of 6 bays with octagonal piers and double chamfered arches. There are cambered trusses supporting the roof with cusped braces and decorated spandrels, the ceiling has square panels with bosses at the principal points at the centre of each truss. There are heavy stone corbels between the arches some carrying statues which are said to date from 1867. There is a hollow chamfered chancel arch which is carried on corbels with a traceried canopy forming the lower part of the respond. Over the arch is a wall pointing of ‘Judgement Day’ which was uncovered in 1867. There is a low wrought iron screen with gates, it has scroll work, twisted bars and a vine trail, foliage, orange trees growing from urns… It was given by Elihu Yale (founder of the Ivy League North American University of that name). and is the work of Hugh Davies and/or his son Robert Davies. The chancel roof has shallow king posts and an apsidal sanctuary. Much of the chancel was refurbished in 1914 by Thomas Graham Jackson, his work includes the reredos. The font is ancient and was retooled and brought back into the church in1867 while the brass eagle dating from 1524, it has a moulded stem and three lions at the base, it is among 40 or so pre-Reformation lecterns. The stained glass: ‘Tree of Jesse and saints’ James Powell & Sons, 1914; ‘Scenes from the Life of Christ’, David Evans, 1841; ‘Royal Welsh Fusiliers Memorial Window’, Clayton and Bell, 1895; ‘The Virgin Mary with Mary of Bethany and Mary Magdalene’, James Powell &Sons, 1911; ‘Characters from the Bible’, designed Edward Coley Burne-Jones for Morris & Co, 1910; ‘Christ as the Good Shepherd, the Redeemer, the Light of the World and as King’, James Powell & Sons, 1913; ‘St David and the Royal Welsh Fusiliers’, J A Nugent, 1989; ‘The Good Samaritan’ , Clayton & Bell, c1898; ‘Christ teaching by the Lakeside’, designed by James Eadie-Reid for the Gateshead Stained Glass Company, c1903; ‘Acts of Mercy’, Alexander Gibbs, c1896; ‘The Healing of the Lame Beggar at the Beautiful Gate and St Peter Escaping from Prison’, C E Kempe, c1902; ‘Acts of Mercy’, Alexander Gibbs, c18886; ‘Christ Healing the Sick’ C E Kempe & Co Ltd. C 1907; ‘The Healing by the Pool of Bethesda and Christ Raising the Son of the Widow of Nain’ C E Kempe & Go Ltd, c1922; ‘Christ Healing a Boy Born Deaf and Dumb, Christ and St Peter Walking on Water and the Wedding at Cana’, C E Kempe, c1905; ‘Scenes from the Life of Christ’, Ward & Hughes, c1875. There is a ring of 10 bells, 1 cast in 1737 by Abell Rudhall, 8 cast in 1726 by Abraham II Rudhall and 1 cast in 1728 by Abraham II Rudhall
Reference
Buildings of Wales – Clwyd 2003 Cadw Listing Notice 1769 CPAT Denbighshire Historic Churches Survey Stained Glass in Wales A National Bell Register - George Dawson's Website - Homestead
Information about the church's important internal fixtures and fittings.
Information about the church's important moveable items and artworks.
A description of the ecology of the churchyard.
Information about the presence of bats in the church building or churchyard.
Records whether the church has been consecrated.
Records whether there have been burials in the churchyard.
Records whether the churchyard is still being used for burials.
Records whether there are any war graves in the churchyard.
Any important churchyard structures will be listed here.
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Significance defines what is special about a church. This could be architectural, archaeological, historical or liturgical. Here, it describes the relationship of the church to its surrounding area and helps place it within its wider landscape context.
Significance defines what is special about a church. This could be architectural, archaeological, historical or liturgical. Here, it describes the significance of the historic building fabric of the church.
Significance defines what is special about a church. This could be architectural, archaeological, historical or liturgical. Here, it describes the historic significance of the interior of the church.
Significance defines what is special about a church. This could be architectural, archaeological, historical or liturgical. Here, it describes the relationship between the church and its community.