St Mark's Church (Brithdir)
Coordinates: 52 ° 44 ′ 55.3 " N , 3 ° 49 ′ 59.5" W.
St Mark's Church is a redundant church building in the hamlet of Brithdir in Gwynedd , Wales . The building was designed by Cadw on 26 May 1995 at the Grade I in the listed building was added, and is supported by the Friends of Friendless Churches entertained. The church building is considered to be one of the finest in the arts and crafts in Wales.
history
The church building was built, and from 1895 to 1898 on 26 April 1898 consecrated . The building was designed by Henry Wilson , a "leading figure in the Arts and Crafts Movement". The construction was commissioned by Louisa Tooth in memory of her second husband Rev Charles Tooth, who was the chaplain and founder of the Anglican Church of Saint Mark in Florence . Since the church was found redundant, it has been maintained by the Friends of Friendless Churches .
architecture
Exterior
The church is made of bricks and has a facade made of local gray-green stone . The roof is covered with slate . The brickwork on the outside is intentionally left untreated because the architect wanted "the church to look like it has just risen from the ground instead of being set on it". The floor plan consists of a nave with a porch to north and south, and the chancel . Transepts extend north and south. On the west side there are two rows of keel arched windows . There is a relief with a cross between the windows in the upper row . Similar windows are found on the north and south sides of the church. On the roof, west of the transepts, sits a two-row belfry. A bell hangs in the lower area in an arched opening. A stepped buttress on the east side contains a rounded lancet window , both sides each have a keel window .
interior
The interior of the church is plastered; the walls of the nave are in a rich, warm red, the ceiling blue and the walls of the chancel are painted cream, almost yellow. The nave has three bays , the ceiling is sloping and has a simple cornice . The doors to the north and south are designed in the Art Nouveau style. They are made of oak and teak in a zigzag pattern and are decorated with mother-of-pearl . The main baptismal font has a round bowl supported by an octagonal column. It was made at the Central School of Art and Design in London and is decorated with leaf patterns and Christ monograms. The pulpit and altarpiece were designed by Wilson and are made of hammered and pressed copper. They are designed in the Arts and Crafts style, with the pulpit featuring grapes and texts from the Vulgate .
The chancel has a cross vault . The north transept contains the organ and in the south transept there is a balcony. The church chairs in the chancel are made of chestnut wood, designed by Wilson and carved with zoomorphic animal motifs by Arthur Grove . Among them are a brown hare, a turtle, and a squirrel. Rabbits, an owl, a mouse, a kingfisher and a dolphin. The railing around the altar contains wooden panels between strong posts. The altar front was designed by Wilson; it is made of cast copper and contains figure panels. These form the Annunciation with the Virgin Mary and a dove with a kneeling angel on the left and Rev Tooth and his guardian angel on the far right . The altarpiece depicts a climbing plant that rises from a chalice and the monogram "IHS" merges into Atlantic hare bells on the sides . The organ has a manual and was built in 1901 by Peter Conacher from Huddersfield .
Reviews
The Church was rated I by Cadw for being “a most important and unchanged example from the work of Henry Wilson, one of the leading figures in the Arts and Crafts Movement. St Mary's, Brithdir joins his main works in Britain ”. It is a "for its time extraordinarily important and advanced work". The church is considered "one of the few full-blooded Arts and Crafts churches in Wales" and "one of the pre-eminent churches of the Arts and Crafts Movement. (...) The decoration and furnishing of the interior are arguably the most complete and best arts and crafts work in Wales. "
supporting documents
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i St Mark's Church, Brithdir ( English ) Historic Wales ( Cadw ). Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 17, 2010.
- ↑ a b c d e Brithdir St Mark's ( English ) Friends of Friendless Churches . Archived from the original on July 1, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 17, 2010.
- ^ A b c St Marc, Brithdir ( English ) Church in Wales . Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 17, 2010.
- ↑ a b c d St Mark's Church, Brithdir, Brithdir and Llanfachreth ( English ) British Listed Buildings. Retrieved September 17, 2010.
- ↑ Merioneth (Gwynedd), Brithdir Nr. Dolgellau, St. Mark ( English ) British Institute of Organ Studies . Retrieved September 17, 2010.
