Pentre Gwynfryn Explained

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Static Image Caption:The chapel at Pentre Gwynfryn
Country:Wales
Constituency Welsh Assembly:Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Official Name:Pentre Gwynfryn
Community Wales:Llanbedr
Unitary Wales:Gwynedd
Lieutenancy Wales:Gwynedd
Constituency Westminster:Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Post Town:HARLECH
Postcode District:LL46
Postcode Area:LL
Dial Code:01341
Os Grid Reference:SH596270
Coordinates:52.823°N -4.084°W

Pentre Gwynfryn is a village in the Ardudwy area of Gwynedd, Wales, about east of Llanbedr. The village is at the confluence of the River Artro and the River Cwmnantcol.

The inside of the village's chapel (Capel Salem) was made famous by the painter Sydney Curnow Vosper, whose 1908 work Salem features a member of the congregation, Siân Owen, in traditional Welsh costume. The folds around the left arm of her richly rembroidered cloak are supposed to form the face of the devil, who has taken over the proud woman.[1] A more obvious devil's face is seen peering in through the window. The painting hangs in the Lady Lever Art Gallery at Port Sunlight on the Wirral.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Salem painting memories on show at Gwynedd Museum. BBC Wales News. BBC. 29 June 2013.