St Mary & Christ Church, Llanfarifechan
St Mary and Christ Church, Llanfairfechan
Christ Church, now St Mary and Christ Church, is a Grade II Church in Wales church on Aber Road, Llanfairfechan, Conwy, in the Diocese of Bangor. The D1 town spelling Llanfarifechan is the same settlement as Llanfairfechan.
- Location
- Llanfarifechan, Clwyd
- Country
- Wales
- County
- Clwyd
- City / town
- Llanfarifechan
- Address
- Aber Road, Llanfarifechan, Clwyd, LL33 0HN
- Postcode
- LL33 0HN
- Built
- 1864; north aisle 1874; chancel, vestry and organ chamber 1892
- Consecrated
- 5 August 1864
- Architect
- C. and J. Shaw of Saddleworth; H. L. North (later interior work)
- Denomination
- Church in Wales
- Dedication
- Mary and Christ
- Diocese
- Bangor
- Parish
- Plwyf Dwylan
- Grade
- II
- Style
- Decorated Gothic Revival
- Materials
- Buff rock-faced coursed stone with freestone dressings; slate roofs banded purple and green
- Grid reference
- SH 681 746
- Opening hours
- Open by arrangement.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas
Overview
Cadw lists Christ Church, south-west of the junction of Aber Road and Village Road (reference 3512; designated 14 April 1992). It was consecrated on 5 August 1864. The architects were C. and J. Shaw of Saddleworth; costs were borne by John Platt of Bryn-y-Neuadd Hall. A memorial north aisle for Platt was added in 1874; a new chancel, vestry and organ chamber followed in 1892. The building is buff rock-faced stone with a tower and octagonal stone spire. Coflein records that after the old parish church of St Mary closed in 1999, Christ Church was re-dedicated to incorporate the historic dedication to St Mary. The older St Mary’s (Cadw 3571, Grade II, consecrated 11 October 1849, Henry Kennedy) stands in a churchyard above the village and is a separate listed building. The present congregation is in Plwyf Dwylan.