The name or dedication of the church.
This identifies the church type. Most churches are parish churches which means they serve a specific parish or area. Other types such as chapel, daughter and mission are mostly historic designations as many are now also parish churches. Please note that former churches are no longer used for worhsip and may be in private ownership.
A unique identification number given to every church.
The name of the diocese in which the church is located.
The name of the archdeaconry in which the church is located.
This is the legal name of the parish as given by the Church Commissioners.
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There are 3 levels of listing: Grade I, II* & II. The majority of buildings which are of special interest are Grade II. A much smaller number of particularly important buildings are listed as Grade II*. Buildings of exceptional interest (approx 2% of the total number of listed buildings) are Grade I.
Ancient monuments and archaeological remains of national importance are protected by law. Cadw, the Welsh Government’s historic environment service is responsible for compiling a schedule (list) of these ancient monuments, some of which can be found in churches and churchyards. Examples can include churchyard crosses and the archaeological remains of previous churches or buildings on the site.
There are three National Parks in Wales: Snowdonia, Pembrokeshire Coast and Brecon Beacons. These protect 20 percent of the land in Wales, including precious landscapes, habitats, villages and heritage sites.
There are over 500 conservation areas in Wales. They are designated by local planning authorities for their special architectural and historic interest.
The Buildings at Risk register is managed by Cadw (the Welsh Government’s historic environment service) in order to identify the number and type of listed buildings at risk in Wales.
It is often extremely difficult to determine a precise date of construction for a church as many have been extensively altered over time. Church Heritage Cymru therefore shows a date range within which a church is believed to have been constructed. The dates are as follows: Early Medieval (pre 1066), Medieval (post 1066 to 1540), Post Medieval (1540 to 1837), Victorian/Pre WWI (1837 to 1914) and Modern (post 1914).
This is a very brief summary of the church's main features. More detailed nformation can be found in the other fields and pages (tabs) in this database.
Useful information is displayed here for people wishing to visit the church. This may include things like opening hours, catering & toilet facilities, parking, etc.
If the church has its own website the details will be displayed here.
Any further sources of information for the church will be listed here (eg. links to other historic databases).
This is the Ordnance Survey (OS) reference for the location of the church. Some locations will be approximate as this data is continuously being refined and updated.
This is the name of the Local Authoirity within which the church is located.
This describes how the church relates to its immediate and wider environment, sometimes called its setting. It describes how the church contributes to its landscape or townscape and how these things collectively contribute to the character of the area.
Set beside the B44574 some 25km east southeast of Aberystwyth, the church is on the northside of the Ystwyth Valley 1km northeast of the site of the Hafod Mansion.
OS Map. 135 Buildings of Wales –Carmarthen and Ceredigion 2006 AA Route Planner Cadw Listing Notice
This is a description of the ground plan of the church.
If known, the dimensions (measurements) of the church ground plan will be displayed here.
If the footrprint (area) of the church is known, it will be displayed here.
A description of the history and archaeology of the church and its site.
Originally a Chapel of Ease at Trisant the church was moved to its present site by the owners of the Hafod estate about 1620. A church of 1803 was designed by James Wyatt for Thomas Johnes of the Hafod estate, it was altered in 1840 for the 4th Duke of Newcastle and again in 1887 by A Ritchie for T J Waddington. It was then gutted by fire in 1932 and reconstructed by W D Caröe. In the fire the marble monument by Sir Francis Chantrey to Mariamne Johnes was badly damaged as was the early C16 painted glass from Holland or Belgium.
Reference Buildings of Wales – Carmarthen and Ceredigion 2006 Cadw Listings Notice
A description of the exterior of the church and the main features of the churchyard.
A nave and canted apse with a single slate roof, lower transepts and a flat-roofed northeast vestry and a west tower. Built with rubble stone.
Reference
Buildings of Wales – Carmarthen and Ceredigion 2006 Cadw Listings Notice
Information about any noteable architects, artists, people, or events associated with the church.
Information about any important features and building fabric.
If known, a list of the church's major building material/s will be displayed here.
Any renewable energy systems the church is using will be listed here.
This section gives a general description of the interior of the church. Further details of any important internal fixtures and fittings will be listed below.
The tower has a ground floor wooden ceiling and then openings to a single bell, cast in 1811 by Wasbrough, hanging on a massive oak bell-frame, at the level of the lower bell-lights. An ashlar segmental pointed doorway of 1887 provides access to the nave which has a plastered interior with a 1933, Caröe, fine panelled barrel roof with four tie-beam trusses and octagonal king-posts carrying arched braces on 4 sides. The tie-beams on arched braces spring from stone corbels. The roof has 12 panels to each bay with the end bay curved over the canted apse, here the panels have carved rosettes and four leaves at each intersection. The short transepts have moulded ashlar pointed arches and panelled roof. There is no chancel arch just a single step to the chancel with ashlar paving. The font dates from 1792 carved from Coade stone with a C15 style octagonal bowl with square panels to the sides, each with a rosette in a quatrefoil and moulding beneath with 8 finely cast winged cherub heads. The shaft has thin angles buttresses framing tiny niches with damaged classical figures each identified in incised letters: ‘Temperance, Faith, Prudence…’ In the tower are C19 slate panels with the Ten Commandments, the Creed and the Lord’s Prayer. The other fittings are by Caröe in pale oak but of high quality in late Gothic C17 carved detail. The lectern has a double book-rest top on a fluted square pillar. There is a kneeler in front of the chancel. Carved blind tracery on long panels and with rosettes down moulded angles surround the octagonal pulpit. The altar rails with fluted pilasters on ‘outswept’ ends and with a central fluted square pier and with supporting scrolls. There is an apse panelling on either side of the altar, the outer sections have three panels with a centre arched panel, the centre sections are 5-panell with a central arched panel. Also, with a crested winged hour-glass. The reredos is a single piece of carved oak by the Belgium carver Jules Barnaerts, dating from 1919 is shows, in Baroque style, the Last Supper. The Stained glass: ‘The Risen Christ Appearing to St Mary Magdalene’, Heaton, Butler & Bayne, 1933; C16 painted glass fragments from Holland or Belgium are in another window.
Reference Buildings of Wales – Carmarthen and Ceredigion 2006 A National Bell Register - George Dawson's Website - Homestead Stained Glass in Wales Cadw Listings Notice
Information about the church's important internal fixtures and fittings.
Information about the church's important moveable items and artworks.
A description of the ecology of the churchyard.
Information about the presence of bats in the church building or churchyard.
Records whether the church has been consecrated.
Records whether there have been burials in the churchyard.
Records whether the churchyard is still being used for burials.
Records whether there are any war graves in the churchyard.
Any important churchyard structures will be listed here.
Signifiance levels are set at high, medium and low.
Significance defines what is special about a church. This could be architectural, archaeological, historical or liturgical. Here, it describes the relationship of the church to its surrounding area and helps place it within its wider landscape context.
Significance defines what is special about a church. This could be architectural, archaeological, historical or liturgical. Here, it describes the significance of the historic building fabric of the church.
Significance defines what is special about a church. This could be architectural, archaeological, historical or liturgical. Here, it describes the historic significance of the interior of the church.
Significance defines what is special about a church. This could be architectural, archaeological, historical or liturgical. Here, it describes the relationship between the church and its community.