---
title: "St Maethlu, Llanfaethlu"
description: "Located in Llanfaethlu, Anglesey. Built C15 nave and porch; chancel rebuilt 1874; west bellcote reconstructed with C19 dressings. Diocese of Bangor. Grade II*. Medieval style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church in Wales","Anglesey","Llanfaethlu","Grade II*","Medieval"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-maethlu-llanfaethlu"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T02:06:58.251Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-09T12:30:56.615Z"
location: "Llanfaethlu, Anglesey"
country: "Wales"
county: "Anglesey"
town: "Llanfaethlu"
address: "Llanfaethlu, Anglesey, LL65 4NR"
postcode: "LL65 4NR"
built: "C15 nave and porch; chancel rebuilt 1874; west bellcote reconstructed with C19 dressings"
denomination: "Church in Wales"
dedications: ["Maethlu"]
diocese: "Bangor"
grade: "II*"
style: "Medieval"
website: "https://www.bropadrig.com/st-maethlu-llanfaethlu"
openingHours: "Currently by arrangement."
parish: "Bro Padrig"
listEntryUrl: "https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?id=5301"
gridReference: "SH 312 870"
accessNotes: "Level access to the main areas"
---

# St Maethlu, Llanfaethlu

St Maethlu’s is a Grade II* Church in Wales parish church in Llanfaethlu, Anglesey, in the Diocese of Bangor and the Bro Padrig ministry area.

## Overview

Cadw records that a church at Llanfaethlu appears in the Norwich taxation of 1254, but the dateable fabric of the present building is largely fifteenth-century. The nave is fifteenth-century; the porch may be contemporary and retains original stone bench seats (restored). The chancel was erected in 1874, re-setting a fifteenth-century window from the earlier chancel. South nave windows are fifteenth-century; north windows are seventeenth-century. The west bellcote may be original but has been reconstructed with nineteenth-century dressings and holds a bell of 1760. Cadw lists the church as a good small rural church retaining original fabric and a fine series of memorials of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, including memorials to the Griffiths family of Carreglwyd. The church stands on a hill-top at the edge of the village with views to the Irish Sea.

## Further Information

- [Cadw listed building 5301](https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?id=5301)
- [St Maethlu’s Church, Llanfaethlu (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Maethlu%27s_Church,_Llanfaethlu)
- [Bro Padrig: St Maethlu, Llanfaethlu](https://www.bropadrig.com/st-maethlu-llanfaethlu)