St Mary, Chirk
St Mary, Chirk
St Mary’s is a Grade I Church in Wales parish church at the south end of Church Street, Chirk, Wrexham, on the north edge of the Ceiriog valley, in the Diocese of St Asaph.
- Location
- Chirk, Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- County
- Wrexham
- City / town
- Chirk
- Address
- Church Street, Chirk, Wrexham, LL14 5HD
- Postcode
- LL14 5HD
- Built
- Early C12 nave and chancel; north nave added 1519; west tower shortly after; altered C17–C19; furnishings 1877
- Architect
- E. Griffiths of Chirk, under the guidance of Henry Kennedy (1877 furnishings)
- Denomination
- Church in Wales
- Dedication
- Mary
- Diocese
- St Asaph
- Parish
- Chirk
- Grade
- I
- Style
- Medieval, with later alterations
- Materials
- Stone with slate roofs
- Grid reference
- SJ 291 376
- Opening hours
- Open 10am to 3pm daily.
- Access
- Level access throughout
Overview
Cadw records that the church was first dedicated to St Tysilio. The early-twelfth-century nave and chancel were of similar length to the present building, perhaps serving the early lordship of Chirk; an older llan is believed to have occupied the site. In 1519 William Edwards of New Hall added a parallel north nave of equal size, shortly followed by the west tower in its west bay. The church was repaired through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and after 1811; the interior was remodelled in 1828–29, and furnishings were altered in 1877 by E. Griffiths of Chirk under Henry Kennedy.
Cadw lists it at Grade I (reference 615) for early fabric, late-medieval carved roofs, and an outstanding group of eighteenth-century monuments to the Myddelton and Trevor families of the local estates. A later twentieth-century hall is attached to the north.