---
title: "St Sadwrn, Henllan"
description: "Located in Henllan, Denbighshire. Built Late C13 or C14 origin; rebuilt 1807–8; restored 1878–79. Diocese of St Asaph. Grade II*. Late medieval parish church recast as an early C19 preaching box style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church in Wales","Denbighshire","Henllan","Grade II*","Richard Lloyd Williams"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/henllan-st-sadwrn"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T01:49:07.927Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-08T15:59:46.197Z"
location: "Henllan, Denbighshire"
country: "Wales"
county: "Denbighshire"
town: "Henllan"
address: "Church Street, Henllan, Denbighshire, LL16 5BD"
postcode: "LL16 5BD"
built: "Late C13 or C14 origin; rebuilt 1807–8; restored 1878–79"
architect: "Richard Lloyd Williams (1878–79 restoration)"
denomination: "Church in Wales"
dedications: ["Sadwrn"]
diocese: "St Asaph"
grade: "II*"
style: "Late medieval parish church recast as an early C19 preaching box"
materials: "Limestone rubble with yellow sandstone and limestone dressings; red/brown sandstone quoins; slate roof"
openingHours: "Open during daylight hours."
parish: "Henllan"
listEntryUrl: "https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?id=1071&lang=en"
gridReference: "SJ 022 681"
---

# St Sadwrn, Henllan

St Sadwrn’s is a Grade II* Church in Wales parish church on Church Street, Henllan, Denbighshire, in the Diocese of St Asaph, a single-cell church with a rare detached medieval belfry on a rock outcrop at the churchyard’s north-east corner.

## Overview

Cadw records a Celtic llan associated with St Sadwrn from the sixth or seventh century; Ecclesia de Henlan appears in the 1291 Taxatio. The present building is probably of late thirteenth- or fourteenth-century origin, with a large Perpendicular east window of the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century. It was extensively rebuilt in 1807–8, when Y-tracery Gothic windows were inserted, and restored in 1878–79 by Richard Lloyd Williams of Denbigh, who added a south porch and vestry and remodelled the west end. Walls are limestone rubble with sandstone and limestone dressings under a slate roof. A medieval octagonal sandstone cross shaft stands beside the porch steps.

The interior is a continuous nave and chancel with a barrel-vaulted pine ceiling. Primary work includes the north doorway (now in the vestry) and a small medieval piscina. Cadw lists the church II* as a largely early nineteenth-century preaching box that still incorporates substantial late medieval fabric. The detached belfry (separately listed Grade II*, Cadw 1073) is a four-stage limestone tower, probably of the first half of the fourteenth century, sited high so the bells could be heard across a formerly extensive parish.

## Further Information

- [Cadw listed building 1071](https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?id=1071&lang=en)
- [Cadw: detached belfry tower 1073](https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?id=1073&lang=en)