St Clydog, Clodock
St Clydog, Clodock
The Church of St Clydog (St Clodock) stands beside the River Monnow at Clodock, a Grade I parish church on the Herefordshire–Wales border in the Diocese of Hereford.
- Location
- Clodock, Herefordshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Herefordshire
- City / town
- Clodock
- Address
- Hunthouse Lane, Clodock, Herefordshire, HR2 0PD
- Postcode
- HR2 0PD
- Built
- C12 nave; C13 chancel; C15 west tower; minor C19 restoration
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Clydog
- Diocese
- Hereford
- Parish
- Clodock and Longtown
- Grade
- I
- Style
- Norman and medieval
- Materials
- Sandstone rubble, Welsh slate roof
- Grid reference
- SO 326 275
- Opening hours
- Sorry, there are no regular opening times for this church.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby
Overview
The village takes its name from St Clydog (Clydawg), a sixth-century king of Ewyas traditionally buried here. Historic England records a twelfth-century nave, thirteenth-century chancel and fifteenth-century west tower of sandstone rubble with a Welsh slate roof, and only minor nineteenth-century restoration. The interior is largely un-Victorianised: a late-twelfth-century chancel arch with scalloped capitals, a thirteenth-century font, a west gallery and staircase of about 1700, seventeenth-century box pews, a three-decker pulpit with sounding board, and a late-seventeenth-century three-sided communion rail. The church was listed Grade I on 26 January 1967 (NHLE 1078150). The parish is Clodock and Longtown, in the Black Mountains Group.