Services
EVERYONE IS VERY WELCOME AT ALL OUR CHURCH SERVICES
Further details about St Gwenfaen’s Church and the Hall, including costs for hiring the hall, can be found on our website: www.stgwenfaen.org
THE WINDOWS REPAIRS and RESTORATION 2025
We are pleased to have raised the £30,000 required to start the work on 13 January 2025. We are now raising the money to pay the VAT and hopefully funds to have some painting carried out around the windows.
We are very grateful to all who have helped achieve out target of £30,000 either by direct donations or attending our various fundraising events.
There is a timescale of 16 weeks for the work (windows due back in the early – mid-summer). The church is operating as normal during the works, and should there be any planned events or unplanned funerals, the company carrying out the work can stand down if they are on site. Most of the work is off site, so it will only cause disruption at the removal and reinstatement phases. Whilst the windows are removed, we have clear perspex in place which has added light to the church and highlighted the incredible views.
Please check our noticeboard outside Church and in the porch for service details or our websites: www.holyheadparishchurches.co.uk and stgwenfaen.org
An appeal has been launched for the restoration of several stained glass windows at St Gwenfaen’s. The restoration work is for two stained glass windows from the William Morris studio and one from the K E Kempe studio. Repairs are urgent as there is water coming in through, around and above all three windows which are not coping well with all the rain. Water is freely running through the masonry. The glass is also damaged and in need of repair. Our stained glass conservators describe the windows as a ‘a delightful collection’ and markedly beautiful throughout’. The necessary permission has been given for the work to take place – estimated cost £30,000 and over £24,000 has been raised to date (August 2024). Please contact St Gwenfaen’s Churchwarden for further information: Susan Hanbury 01407 860569 or our Church Treasurer Pam Naylor (07790 387571).
STEPS
We are very grateful to all who contributed towards rebuilding the steps at St Gwenfaen’s, offering a safer and easier way to enter our church. The path from the top of the steps along to the porch has also been re-surfaced.
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St Gwenfaen Churchwardens:
Susan Hanbury 01407 860569 Email: susan_hanbury@yahoo.co.uk
Edna Aldred: email: ednaaldred@gmail.com
Treasurer
Mrs Pam Naylor on 07790387571 email: pamelanaylor@hotmail.co.uk
History
St Gwenfaen’s is on a raised site with spectacular views over a wide area of Anglesey, as well as the mountains of Snowdonia and the Llyn Peninsula. There has been a church on the site since 630 AD. The present church is the result of rebuilding between 1875 and 1879. Uncommon for a small country church there is fine stained-glass in all the windows. The windows above the altar are particularly beautiful.
Hall for hire
St Gwenfaen’s also has a hall, built in the Arts and Crafts style. It is available to hire. Please contact 01407 861388 or 01407 860569 for further details. Further details about the Church and the Hall can be found on our website: www.stgwenfaen.org
