"The Parish Church was built in 1873, and designed by Paley amp; Austin of Lancaster. It replaced the old St. Michael's Church which was too small to cope with the influx of tourists to Betws-y-coed in the 1870's. Much of the stained glass was designed by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (1833-1898). He also designed stained glass windows for churches in England, America, India, Germany and France and the mosaic decorations in the apse of the American Church in Rome." Full info from website a href="http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/parishholding/bangor/b052-en/churches-en/saint-marys-church-betws-y-coed_-en/church_view"; target="_blank"http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/parishholding/bangor/b052-en/churches-en/saint-marys-church-betws-y-coed_-en/church_view/a