Christ Church, Bala

Christ Church, Bala, during restoration in 2007
2014

Christ Church, Bala, is in Bala, Gwynedd, Wales (grid reference SH926362). It is an active Anglican church in the deanery of Penllyn & Edeyrnion, the archdeaconry of Wrexham, and the diocese of St Asaph.[1] The church was designated a Grade II listed building on 13 December 2001.[2]

The first church to be built on the site was in 1811.[3] The present church was built between 1853 and 1857.[4] The stalls and prayer desks were designed by the Chester architect John Douglas.[5] By the 2000s the church building had deteriorated and between March and November 2007 repairs and restoration were carried out at a cost of £600,000.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bala, Church in Wales, retrieved 8 July 2013
  2. ↑ Christ Church, Bala, Cadw, retrieved 8 July 2013
  3. ↑ Historic background, Gwynedd Archaeological Trust, retrieved 2 July 2009
  4. ↑ BALA, Christ Church, Historic Churches Preservation Trust., retrieved 2 July 2009
  5. ↑ Hubbard, Edward (1991), The Work of John Douglas, London: The Victorian Society, p. 277, ISBN 0-901657-16-6
  6. ↑ Christ Church, Bala, Gwynedd, Wales, Heritage Link, retrieved 2 July 2009

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Coordinates: 52°54′45″N 3°35′50″W / 52.9125°N 3.5972°W / 52.9125; -3.5972


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