Christ Church, Bala

{{Short description|Church in Gwynedd, Wales}}

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Christ Church, Bala, is in Bala, Gwynedd, Wales ({{gbmapping|SH926362}}). It is an active Anglican church in the deanery of Penllyn & Edeyrnion, the archdeaconry of Wrexham, and the diocese of St Asaph.{{Citation | url = http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/structure/places/benefices/?id=649| title = Bala| access-date = 8 July 2013| publisher = Church in Wales}} The church was designated a Grade II listed building on 13 December 2001.{{National Historic Assets of Wales|num=25964 |desc=Christ Church |grade=II |mode=cs2 |access-date=2 April 2019}}

The first church to be built on the site was in 1811.{{Citation| url = http://www.heneb.co.uk/balaandlakeside/characterareaseng/char02.html| title = Historic background| access-date = 2 July 2009| publisher = Gwynedd Archaeological Trust| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121016010302/http://www.heneb.co.uk/balaandlakeside/characterareaseng/char02.html| archive-date = 16 October 2012| url-status = dead}} The present church was built between 1853 and 1857.{{Citation| url = http://www.churchplansonline.org/retrieve_results.asp?search_args=x%3DBALA%2C+Christ+Church| title = BALA, Christ Church| access-date = 2 July 2009| publisher = Historic Churches Preservation Trust.| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110928165702/http://www.churchplansonline.org/retrieve_results.asp?search_args=x=BALA,+Christ+Church| archive-date = 28 September 2011| url-status = dead}} The stalls and prayer desks were designed by the Chester architect John Douglas.{{Citation | last =Hubbard | first =Edward | author-link = Edward Hubbard (architectural historian) | title =The Work of John Douglas | publisher =The Victorian Society | year =1991 | location =London | page = 277| isbn =0-901657-16-6 }} By the 2000s the church building had deteriorated and between March and November 2007 repairs and restoration were carried out at a cost of £600,000.{{Citation| url = http://www.heritagelink.org.uk/christ-church-bala-gwynedd-wales/| title = Christ Church, Bala, Gwynedd, Wales| access-date = 2 July 2009| publisher = Heritage Link| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110727093004/http://www.heritagelink.org.uk/christ-church-bala-gwynedd-wales/| archive-date = 27 July 2011| url-status = dead}}