Church of St Theresa of Lisieux is a Grade II listed building in the Conwy local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 5 August 1997. Church.
Church of St Theresa of Lisieux
- WRENN ID
- pitched-glass-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Conwy
- Constituency
- Clwyd North MP: Gill German (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 5 August 1997
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Theresa of Lisieux, Abergele
- OS grid reference
- SH 946 778
- Coordinates
- 53.28754, -3.58232
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Church of St Theresa of Lisieux is a Grade II listed building constructed from limestone and featuring a copper sheet roof. It has a cruciform plan, with all arms ending in semi-circular apses. The entrance arm is extended and includes a triple semi-circular arched arcade on a raised podium, supported by marble columns with Byzantine style capitals. The apses and entrance arm have groups of three round-headed small windows positioned high in the walls, and the parapet above is set out on a corbel table. The church features a central dome topped with a cross, barrel vaults in the arms, and semi-domes over the apses.
Inside, the church has a simple design with plastered walls and high unmoulded arched openings leading to the wings, along with smaller arches over the apses. The splays of the main piers that support the dome include simple niches. The eastern apse is elevated and contains a priest's door to the left, along with marble flooring. The baptistery in the eastern apse features radially set grey slate flooring and a prominently designed font from 1971 by Victor Neep. The Chapel of St Teresa in the western apse has an octagonal slate floor. The entrance arm is ceiled, above which is the choir gallery.
Local climate
Church of St Theresa of Lisieux sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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