Roman Catholic Church of the Lady of the Rosary is a Grade II listed building in the Conwy local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 3 November 1995. Church.
Roman Catholic Church of the Lady of the Rosary
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-spire-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Conwy
- Constituency
- Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 3 November 1995
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Roman Catholic Church of the Lady of the Rosary, Penmaenmawr
- OS grid reference
- SH 723 765
- Coordinates
- 53.27029, -3.91551
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Roman Catholic Church of the Lady of the Rosary and attached former Minister's House, Penmaenmawr, form a listed group.
The chapel is a 5-bay rectangular building constructed of snecked rubble with Penmaenmawr granite dressings and a shallow hipped slate roof. The 3-bay symmetrical facade is the principal elevation, featuring Tuscan giant order columns supporting a Classical entablature with modillion treatment. A coped parapet rises above, with 4 spaced ball finials corresponding to the orders below. The frieze bears the inscription 'Domus Dei et Porta Coeli' (Genesis xxviii.17). A central raised cartouche surmounts the parapet, dated 1867, with a plain iron cross above.
The central entrance is set within a plain, full-height arched recess, with a moulded architrave and plain bracketed entablature. The doors are recessed 8-panelled double doors. Flanking windows sit above a moulded cill-course, featuring moulded and pedimented architraves with multi-pane sash windows with marginal glazing. The long sides of the chapel contain 5 similar windows, though without pediments, each with projecting stone cills. Wooden bracketing supports the oversailing eaves.
The former Minister's House adjoins the chapel to the rear, set back slightly behind a dwarf walled forecourt. It is constructed of the same materials and features a hipped roof with oversailing, bracketed eaves. The near-symmetrical 3-bay front has a central recessed entrance with a part-glazed boarded door. To the left is a large contemporary recessed sash window of 4 panes with marginal glazing and projecting slate cill. To the right of the entrance are part-glazed modern double doors, now boarded up, which formerly occupied a window opening of the original type. Three further similar sashes appear on the first floor. To the rear is a contemporary service lean-to extension with a modern flat-roofed extension beyond. A squat stock brick chimney with one contemporary ceramic pot is present.
The interior was not accessible at the time of inspection in July 1995.
Local climate
Roman Catholic Church of the Lady of the Rosary sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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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