St John's Church, Trofarth, is a redundant church standing in an isolated position in

Conwy County Borough Conwy County Borough () is a Principal areas of Wales, county borough in the north Wales, north of Wales. It borders Gwynedd to the west and south and Denbighshire to the east. The largest settlement is Colwyn Bay, and Conwy is the administrativ ...

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(). It was designated as a Grade II

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on 2 July 1998. It was built in 1873 as an

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church to a design by

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and

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on 19 June that year. A small church with

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s, it consisted of a nave, a small chancel, a south porch and it had a

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at the west end. It was restored in 1899 by the

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firm of architects, Douglas and Fordham, who added a vestry at the northeast and an organ chamber, and increased the size of the chancel by extending it into the nave. At the same time, the internal plaster was removed and replaced by a veneer of limestone, and furnishings designed by Douglas were added. In January 2009 permission was obtained for the building to be converted for domestic use. There is a churchyard at the west side of the redundant church. Burials include: *Kyffin Roberts of Pentre, Betws yn Rhos - died in 1900. *Robert Evans and his wife Anne - of Pandu, Llangernyw - died in 1890.

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Grade II listed churches in Conwy County Borough Former churches in Wales Gothic Revival church buildings in Wales John Douglas buildings Churches completed in 1873 {{wales-Anglican-church-stub

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