History

C13 to C15 Anglican parish church, altered 1829-31 by Rees Davies of Trewindsor, and restored 1873-4 by Middleton and Goodman of Cheltenham. W tower, nave, aisles, and chancel.

Exterior

Fine tall tower, said to be C13 but details C15, high battered plinth with moulded pointed W door, hollow-moulded with eroded hood, C19 doors. Above plinth 3-light Perpendicular style traceried window with hood, marked 'renewed 1847', set at base of tall undifferentiated battered tower with small 2-light cusped bell-openings of C15 type, corbel table and parapet. Corner gargoyles. NE stair tower.

Nave and chancel with slate roofs, terracotta ridges and cross finials to coped cables. Lean-to aisles. N aisle has 1874 Bath stone N door, moulded and shafted. Ancient carved cross in stonework above, then 2 pointed windows with intersected tracery, possible of 1830. S aisle has one 1874 window with ballflower decoration and 2 with intersected tracery. Chancel rebuilt 1874 has arched blocked opening on N side, traceried N window, ornate traceried E window with reset carved head above. S chancel lean-to with traceried window and door.

Interior

Tower has rubble barrel vault, rare in Cardiganshire, inscribed Romano-British stone reset on N wall and hollow-moulded depressed-arched N stair door.

Late C19 timber tower screen. Nave has sturdy unmoulded pointed 3-bay arcades on square rubble piers, all plastered before 1874, and king-post roof of 1874. Similar arches to tower and chancel. N aisle has retooled medieval 4-lobe font on circular pier, and C20 Lady Chapel altar includes ancient cross-inscribed stone found near Coedfoel. Rood-loft stairs to right. S aisle has E end squint. Ornate 1874 stone pulpit by Boulton of Cheltenham.

Chancel has 1874 roof, arch-braced trusses on stone angel corbels. East window ornately traceried, with stained glass of c1919 by W E Tower.

Monuments: at E end of S aisle slate slab to John Lewis of Dinascerdin (d1788), in nave fine marble plaques to Eliza Lloyd of Alltyrodin (d1805) and to D Lloyd (d1822) signed D Mainwaring. In N aisle Gothic marble monument to John Lloyd (d1841).

Reference: Church is said to have been thatched until 1783. A picture of 1859 in vestry shows a low single roof over nave and S aisle. The 1874 restoration is said to have involved the complete rebuilding of the chancel and raising of the nave roof.

Reasons for Listing

Group value with neighbouring listed buildings.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q17743901

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