St Hilary's Church, Llanrhos

Heritage listing

Reason for designation: Listed at grade II* for its special architectural interest as a parish church in C19 style but with earlier origin, and of social-historical interest for its links with the Mostyn family of Bodysgallen and Gloddaeth. History: A church retaining some C13 fabric in the nave but mainly comprising post-Reformation additions, including the transepts. Extensive restoration took place in 1820, when the porch was added, 1860 and 1865. The latter restoration included new roofs, bellcote, E and possibly the present W window. Exterior: A C19 Gothic cruciform church of rubble stone with bigger quoins, and slate roof. A corbelled W bellcote has a single bell under a gable with saddleback coping. The S porch has a coped gable, segmental arch with voussoirs, and C20 boarded doors with strap hinges. On the R of the porch the nave has 3-light and 2-light segmental-pointed windows with cusped tracery lights, and hood moulds. The W window is 2-light Decorated. On the N side, from the W end, is a 2-light square-headed window, a larger and later 3-light square-headed window, and 3-light square-headed window at the E end. The S transept has a 2-light Decorated S window with hood mould, and a segmental-pointed E doorway with recessed boarded door, added in 1908. The buttressed chancel has a 3-light Decorated S window, and 3 stepped cusped lights to the E window. The N vestry has a roof concealed behind a coped parapet of tooled stone. Its E entrance has an ogee head to a boarded and studded door with strap hinges. On the N side is a cusped, square-headed window. A vertical joint separates vestry from N transept. The transept has a 2-light Decorated N window, and a pair of cusped lights in the W wall above a lean-to boiler room. Interior: Inside the porch, the S doorway

From Cadw under OGL v3.