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C20 Churches

St Thomas

Monument typeRoman Catholic Church
Listing gradeNL

Construction

Date completed1927

Location

Cardiff Road
Abercynon
CF45 4RR
Wales

Local authorityRhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council

Denomination

DenominationRoman Catholic
DioceseCardiff

Additional notes

Architect not known.

Built by unemployed miners who also built a Lourdes Grotto, a way of the Cross, a shrine and a holy well and became known as the ‘Welsh Lourdes’, overlooking the confluence of the rivers Cynon and Taff.

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