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Holy Trinity parish church is located on the south side of the A5 road through the linear settlement of Bryngwran, set back from the road in a rectangular churchyard used as a cemetery. A small church, it was built in 1841-2 to designs of John Lloyd of Caernarfon, re-ordered in 1867 by Kennedy & O'Donoghue. Constructed of green stone with a slate roof and articulated by buttresses, the church consists of nave with gabled porch on the west end wall, west bellcote and a short, narrow chancel. The windows are un-churchlike, being of square-headed mullion-and-transom type. Note: the building is aligned north by south; liturgical directions given here.
The church was built to replace two nearby medieval churches: St Ulched's (NPRN 43651) and Holy Rood (25633). The original plans show a large western (northern) gallery. The OS County series 1st edition (Anglesey XII.15) of 1888 shows coniferous trees about the borders, possibly part of an original planting scheme.
Additional sources:
The Incorporated Church Building Society (ICBS) Church Plans online
R.Haslam, J.Orbach & Adam Voeleker, Buildings of Wales: Gwynedd (2009), p.118.

David Leighton & John Wiles 31 December 2015