St Mael & St Sulien, Corwen
St Mael & St Sulien, Corwen
The Church of St Mael and St Sulien is a Grade II* Church in Wales parish church in a roughly circular churchyard in the centre of Corwen, Denbighshire, in the Diocese of St Asaph.
- Location
- Corwen, Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- County
- Denbighshire
- City / town
- Corwen
- Address
- London Road, Corwen, Denbighshire, LL21 0DL
- Postcode
- LL21 0DL
- Built
- Nave and chancel probably C13; tower perhaps C14; restored 1777 and 1871
- Architect
- Benjamin Ferrey (1871 restoration)
- Denomination
- Church in Wales
- Dedication
- Mael and Sulien
- Diocese
- St Asaph
- Parish
- Corwen
- Grade
- II*
- Style
- Medieval; Victorian restoration
- Materials
- Rubble stone
- Grid reference
- SJ 078 434
- Opening hours
- The church is normally open every day.
Overview
Cadw records the earliest documentary reference in 1222. The nave and chancel are probably thirteenth-century; transepts and the present tower are likely later, the tower perhaps fourteenth-century. A major restoration in 1777 installed new windows. In 1871 Benjamin Ferrey added a south aisle after the south transept was demolished. A vestry was added in 1898 and the tower was restored in 1907. Cadw calls it a good example of a multi-period town church retaining substantial medieval fabric and fine fittings.
Coflein notes a twelfth-century font and an early fifteenth-century effigy of Iorwerth Sulien, vicar of Corwen. A monolith is built into the porch and a twelfth-century cross shaft stands in the churchyard. The lychgate dates from 1886. Lightning struck in 1984 and the chancel ceiling was replaced.