Gloddaeth Church

Heritage listing

Reason for designation: Important composition visible from much of Gloddaeth Street and Church Walks area; on key corner site. Group Value with adjacent buildings to N and E. Exterior: Late C19 Gothic chapel in grey snecked stone with bathstone dressings; slate roofs. On corner, 3-stage tower with stone spire; each side of top stage has bell openings of 3 lights; lancets on stage below; on ground floor, to Gloddaeth Street, shallow gabled porch to Gothic doorway; to Chapel Street, 2-light window. Body of chapel has lantern with slate spire; to Gloddaeth Street, central gable with cinquefoil window over two 2-light windows, to each side, 2 bays separated by buttresses, 2 windows to each bay, convex corners; square projecting bay on right with two paired windows. To Chapel Street, to L of tower, gable with large 3-light window flanked by lancets; Gothic arched doorway with paired windows to each side. To L of this, 3-window block with buttressed doorway to L, then gable end of hall/schoolroom with round window at upper level, 4 windows in lean-to block at ground floor level. Interior: Body of chapel is single open space with ribbed ceiling. Stained glass to lobbies.

From Cadw under OGL v3.