St Elli, Llanelli
St Elli, Llanelli
St Elli’s (St Ellyw) on Bridge Street, Llanelli, is a Grade II* Church in Wales parish church in the Diocese of St Davids, the historic parish church of the town, opposite Llanelly House.
- Location
- Llanelli, Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- County
- Carmarthenshire
- City / town
- Llanelli
- Address
- Bridge Street, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, SA15 3UF
- Postcode
- SA15 3UF
- Built
- Medieval west tower (possibly C15); remainder 1905–06 by G. F. Bodley
- Architect
- G. F. Bodley (1905–06)
- Denomination
- Church in Wales
- Dedication
- Elli
- Diocese
- St Davids
- Parish
- Bro Lliedi
- Grade
- II*
- Style
- Medieval tower; Gothic Revival body
- Materials
- Rock-faced rubble with red sandstone dressings; green slate roofs and terracotta ridge tiles
- Grid reference
- SN 506 005
- Opening hours
- Each Saturday in August 2025 10am to 2pm. Contact for visits [email protected].
- Access
- Accessible toilets nearby. Level access to the main areas. Ramp or level access available on request
Overview
Cadw lists the Parish Church of St Ellyw (reference 11888, designated 30 November 1964) for an interior of exceptional fittings and monuments. The west tower is medieval, possibly fifteenth-century; the nave, porch, transepts, chancel, north-east chapel and south-east organ chamber and vestry are of 1905–06 by G. F. Bodley of London. The fabric is rock-faced rubble with red sandstone dressings, stone-coped gables, green slate roofs and terracotta ridge tiles. The Bro Lliedi parish site records a first documentary reference in the Book of Llandaff in 1086, a silver chalice presented in the reign of Elizabeth I, and later memorials including Stepney and Mansel monuments. Cadw notes a painted Hanoverian royal arms over the tower arch. The 1911 lychgate is listed separately at Grade II (Cadw 11889).
The church is in the United Parish of Bro Lliedi.