Saint Peris's Church is a

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of the

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Nant Peris The Llanberis Pass (; alternative English name, Pass of Llanberis) in Snowdonia carries the main road (A4086) from the south-east to Llanberis, over Pen-y-Pass, between the mountain ranges of the Glyderau and the Snowdon massif. At the bottom o ...

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History

The church of St Peris is in the village

. Originally the village was known as Llanberis, but in the 19th century the new development north west lower down in the valley took the name Llanberis, and the old village became Old Llanberis, and then

. The church dates from at least the 14th century. The transepts are 15th- or 16th-century. The church was extended eastwards and the chancel rebuilt in the 17th century. A restoration was carried out by Henry Kennedy of Bangor in 1848, and again in 1893 when the church was re-plastered and re-decorated, with some new joinery work for £230 (). More work was completed in 1899 when the walls were boarded, an oak reredos installed and encaustic tiles laid round the altar. This was carried out by Evan Parry of

Menai Bridge Menai Bridge (; usually referred to colloquially as ''Y Borth'') is a town and community on the Isle of Anglesey in north-west Wales. It overlooks the Menai Strait and lies by the Menai Suspension Bridge, built in 1826 by Thomas Telford, j ...

. The lychgate dates from 1929.

Stained glass

The east window was the gift of John Christopher Lloyd Williams in 1926 and was designed by W. Aikman.

Parish

The church is in the parish of Bro Eryri, which encompasses: *Christ Church,

Deiniolen Deiniolen (; ; ) is a village in Gwynedd, Wales, at the foot of Elidir Fawr, in Llanddeiniolen Community. Deiniolen has views over Caernarfon (7 miles away) and on a clear day, Holyhead Mountain and occasionally the Wicklow Mountains in Irel ...

*St Deiniol's Church,

Llanddeiniolen Llanddeiniolen (; ) is a community in the county of Gwynedd, Wales, and is from Cardiff and from London. It comprises the hamlet also called Llanddeiniolen, and the villages of Deiniolen, Bethel, Dinorwig, Rhiwlas, Brynrefail and Penisar ...

*St Helen's Church,

Penisa'r Waun Penisa'r-waun is a small village which is located 4 miles to the east of Caernarfon and a mile to the northeast of Llanrug on the A4244 in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. Education The village includes a primary school, Ysgol Gymuned Penisarwaun, tha ...

*St Michael's Church,

Llanrug Llanrug (or Llanfihangel-yn-y-grug) is a medium-sized village and community (Wales), community in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It lies about to the east of Caernarfon, south of Bangor, Gwynedd, Bangor and northwest of Llanberis. It is the larg ...

St Padarn's Church, Llanberis Saint Padarn's Church, Llanberis is a parish church of the Church in Wales in Llanberis. History The original church of St Peris was to the south-east of Llanberis and as the town expanded a new church was required. The foundation stone was la ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nant Peris, Saint Peris's Church Church in Wales church buildings in Gwynedd Buildings and structures in Gwynedd Grade II* listed churches in Gwynedd Saint Peris's Church