Church of St Maelrhys is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 October 1971. Bank, restaurant.

Church of St Maelrhys

WRENN ID
brooding-truss-khaki
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
19 October 1971
Type
Bank, restaurant
Address
Church of St Maelrhys, Llanfaelrhys, Pwllheli, Aberdaron
OS grid reference
SH 210 268
Coordinates
52.80932, -4.65703
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Church of St Maelrhys is a parish church constructed from rubble stone, featuring a single slate roof and a 19th-century west bellcote made of squared stone with a slate-capped gable and a single arched opening. The east gable is coped, and the massive boulder footings suggest that the church has medieval origins, although the west wall appears to have been rebuilt, except for the cornerstones.

The west entrance includes an arched doorway with stone voussoirs and double ledged doors, flanked by narrow arched lights on each side and another light high in the gable. Inside the doorway, there is a passage with doors on the right and left, leading to double doors that open into the nave. The north wall contains a blocked door at the west end, which is roughly pointed with stone voussoirs. The south wall features two 19th-century cross-windows with small panes, one of which has a quarter opening. Additionally, there is another blocked door on the south wall with a segmental head, likely not of medieval origin.

The interior has plastered walls and a 5-bay 19th-century roof supported by pine wishbone trusses. A set-back in the north wall may indicate the original east end of the church. There are two steps leading to the sanctuary, which has plain rails and a crude timber pulpit. The church contains 12 box pews along the sides with panelled doors and a bench at the west end. The north side features eight backless benches linked by a bench along the wall, with five bench-ends inscribed 'Nanhoron'. There are also two box pews that are lower than those on the south side. A medieval font with an irregular octagonal bowl is whitewashed and bears a cross on one face, with a ring mould around the shaft and a splayed base.

Local climate

Church of St Maelrhys sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,460 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It averages fewer than one freeze-thaw cycle a year. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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