Churchyard of St Llechid’s Church, Llanllechid
Cross, towards Moel y Ci
| Date | 21 January 2012 | ||
| Location | Llanllechid, Gwynedd | SH 62223 68720; 53.19764°N, 4.06395°W | |
|
Information |
The Grade II listed church in Llanllechid — dedicated to Llechid, a sixth-century female Welsh saint — was built in 1844 at a cost of around £2500 to replace an earlier church dating back to the late 15th century which stood nearby. The newer church was constructed in a neo-Norman style from local granite and limestone and is an early example of the work of diocesan architect Henry Kennedy. The design was controversial at the time and met with some criticism. Although the churchyard is still owned by The Church In Wales, the church itself was closed around 2002 and in October 2010 Gwynedd Council conditionally approved plans to convert it into a three-bedroom dwelling. A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, Samuel Lewis, 1849 (British History Online);
|
||
Wet slate in sunlight
Spear-head finial
'Thy will be done'
Eglwys St Llechid / St Llechid's Church, showing West bell-cote and bell dated 1752
Incised slate
III / Through the Gnomon
Angel
Corner post
Chain
Fence
Circumscribed cross
Slate headstone in the rain
Where is the sun?
Canted cross
Corner-post orb
Sundial
Fenced tomb
A very fine set of mono’s. The angel is particularly splendid and I love the drips of water, as if the place has been underwater and has just emerged.
Iain Robinson
January 26, 2012 at 8:52 pm
Oh, I do love these so much. I’m absolutely with Iain’s remarks–the dripping water off the detailed iron work.–the ‘canted cross’–these are very special pictures indeed.
weisserwatercolours
January 26, 2012 at 9:33 pm
Llanllechid … this means something like place [llan] of stone or slate [llech] ~ ?
Kris
January 26, 2012 at 9:58 pm
great photos graham
maenamor
January 26, 2012 at 10:29 pm
The opening shot is beautiful. I love how the light and the wet stone combine to give a metallic sheen to the slab.
Mark A
January 27, 2012 at 6:54 pm
Thanks everyone for the comments!
Kris, llan means church, parish or village, and although llech does mean slate, in this case Llechid is the name of the sixth-century Welsh saint to whom the church is dedicated.
Graham Stephen
January 28, 2012 at 8:39 pm