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
editReferences
edit- ^ Bala, Church in Wales, retrieved 8 July 2013
- ^ Cadw, "Christ Church (Grade II) (25964)", National Historic Assets of Wales, retrieved 2 April 2019
- ^ Historic background, Gwynedd Archaeological Trust, archived from the original on 16 October 2012, retrieved 2 July 2009
- ^ BALA, Christ Church, Historic Churches Preservation Trust., archived from the original on 28 September 2011, retrieved 2 July 2009
- ^ Hubbard, Edward (1991), The Work of John Douglas, London: The Victorian Society, p. 277, ISBN 0-901657-16-6
- ^ Christ Church, Bala, Gwynedd, Wales, Heritage Link, archived from the original on 27 July 2011, retrieved 2 July 2009
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