- St John's Church, Trofarth
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St John's Church, Trofarth, from the southeast
St John's Church, Trofarth, is a redundant church standing in an isolated position in Conwy County Borough, Wales (grid reference SH857718). It was designated as a Grade II listed building on 2 July 1998.[1]
It was built in 1873 as an Anglican church to a design by Sir George Gilbert Scott[2] and consecrated on June 19 of that year.[3] A small church with lancet windows, it consisted of a nave, a small chancel, a south porch and it had a bellcote at the west end. It was restored in 1899 by the Chester firm of architects, Douglas & Fordham, who added a vestry at the northeast and an organ chamber, and increased the size of the chancel by extending it into the nave. At the same time the internal plaster was removed and replaced by a veneer of limestone, and furnishings designed by Douglas were added.[2]
In January 2009 permission was obtained for the building to be converted for domestic use.[4]
See also
- List of church restorations, amendments and furniture by John Douglas
References
- ^ Listed Buildings in Wales: Conwy, Cadw
- ^ a b Hubbard, Edward (1986), The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd, London: Penguin, p. 292, ISBN 0 14 071052 3
- ^ Trofarth, GENUKI, http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/DEN/Trofarth/index.html, retrieved 30 June 2009
- ^ Planning Decisions issued by Date of Decision, Conwy Borough Council, p. 2, http://www.conwy.gov.uk/upload/public/attachments/364/Decswk4546.pdf, retrieved 30 June 2009
Categories:- United Kingdom church stubs
- Welsh building and structure stubs
- Churches in Conwy county borough
- Former churches in Wales
- John Douglas buildings
- Religious buildings completed in 1873
- Gothic Revival architecture in Wales
- Grade II listed buildings in Conwy county borough
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