| Our Lady Star of the Sea and St Winefride | |
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Mair, Seren Y Mor a Santes Wenfrewi | |
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  Our Lady Star of the Sea and St Winefride Location in Anglesey | |
| 53°24′42″N 4°21′05″W / 53.411596°N 4.351442°W | |
| OS grid reference | SH 438 931 |
| Location | Amlwch, Anglesey |
| Country | Wales, United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Founded | 1932 (construction started) |
| Dedication | St Mary (Our Lady, Star of the Sea) and St Winefride |
| Consecrated | 1937 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II* |
| Designated | 12 December 2000 |
| Architect(s) | Giuseppe Rinvolucri |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Reinforced concrete |
| Administration | |
| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Cardiff |
| Diocese | Diocese of Wrexham |
| Deanery | Caernarfon Deanery |
| Parish | Amlwch |
| Clergy | |
| Priest(s) | Fr Frank Murray, Fr Joe Daly[1] |
Our Lady Star of the Sea and St Winefride (Welsh: Mair, Seren Y Mor a Santes Wenfrewi[1]) is a Roman Catholic church in Amlwch, a town on the island of Anglesey, north Wales. It was built in the 1930s to a design by an Italian architect, Giuseppe Rinvolucri, using reinforced concrete. The church is in the shape of an upturned boat, reflecting Amlwch's maritime heritage, and is dedicated to Our Lady, Star of the Sea (a title of St Mary) and St Winefride, a Welsh saint.
The church is a Grade II* listed building, a designation given to "particularly important buildings of more than special interest",[2] because it is a "remarkable inter-war church", built to "a highly unusual and experimental design".[3] The Twentieth Century Society has called it "a rare and unique church",[4] and it has also been called "one of Britain's most avant-garde churches".[5]
- ^ a b "Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea & St Winefride". Diocese of Wrexham. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ What is listing? (PDF). Cadw. 2005. p. 6. ISBN 1-85760-222-6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ^ Cadw, "Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea, St Winifred (Grade II*) (24455)", National Historic Assets of Wales, retrieved 2 April 2019 (The church's name is spelt incorrectly on the Cadw document.)
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