St Llawddog, Cilgerran
St Llawddog, Cilgerran
The Church of St Llawddog stands on Church Street at the west edge of Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire, a Cadw Grade II* church with a medieval tower and a Decorated rebuilding of 1853–55 by Benjamin Ferrey, in the Diocese of St Davids.
- Location
- Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- County
- Pembrokeshire
- City / town
- Cilgerran
- Address
- Church Street, Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire, SA43 2RZ
- Postcode
- SA43 2RZ
- Built
- Medieval west tower; nave and chancel rebuilt 1853–55; vestry and organ chamber 1865
- Architect
- Benjamin Ferrey (1853–55); Daniel Evans (predecessor church 1836–37)
- Denomination
- Church in Wales
- Dedication
- Llawddog
- Diocese
- St Davids
- Parish
- Bro Teifi
- Grade
- II*
- Style
- Decorated Gothic (Ecclesiological)
- Materials
- Cilgerran stone, slate roofs, Bath stone tracery
- Grid reference
- SN 190 430
- Opening hours
- The church is open throughout the day during the Summer season and the key can be obtained at other times from the nearby Vicarage or as indicated on the notice boards.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas. Level access throughout
Overview
The church is mentioned in the 1291 Taxatio; local tradition places a foundation in the sixth century. Cist graves with thirteenth-century coins have been found in the churchyard, and an early medieval inscribed stone (Cilgerran 1, with ogham) stands there. Only the fifteenth-century west tower survives from the medieval church. Daniel Evans rebuilt the rest in 1836–37, sweeping away the oak roof, rood screen and chancel window; that fabric lasted about fifteen years and was replaced by Ferrey of London in 1853–55 in English Decorated style, regarded as the best Ecclesiological Gothic in the county. Nave, south aisle and chancel are Cilgerran stone with Bath stone tracery; a north vestry and south organ chamber were added in 1865. Glass includes Wailes (east window, about 1854–55). Cadw listed the church Grade II* on 16 January 1952 (reference 11972). It is in the Bro Teifi Ministry Area.