2-913-860 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

New Church of St. Fagan, Heol-Y-Vellin, Aberdare, 1854. Newly built church in south Wales. 'The new Church will accommodate 700 persons. The nave is 68 feet in length by 22 in width; the chancel, 19 by 29 feet; and the aisles are 11 feet wide, and of the same length as the nave. At the east end of the south aisle is a chapel, which will accommodate sixty children. The walls are built of squared Duffryn stone; and the window and door-cases, buttresses, copings, and the bell-turret, are of Bath stone...The work has been well executed by Messrs. Janes and Price, of Cardiff. The architect is Mr. Talbot Bury, of Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square, London'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.