St Martin's Church, Pen-y-clawdd

Church of St Martin, Pen-y-clawdd
Church of St Martin
"a medieval church with fine barrel roofs"
Church of St Martin, Pen-y-clawdd
Location in Monmouthshire
Coordinates: 51°46′01″N 2°47′39″W / 51.7669°N 2.7943°W / 51.7669; -2.7943
Location Pen-y-clawdd, Monmouthshire
Country Wales
Denomination Church in Wales
History
Status parish church
Founded C15th century
Architecture
Functional status Active
Heritage designation Grade II*
Designated 27 November 1953
Architectural type Church
Administration
Parish Llangovan with Penyclawdd
Deanery Monmouth
Archdeaconry Monmouth
Diocese Monmouth
Clergy
Vicar(s) The Reverend G J R Williams

The Church of St Martin, Pen-y-clawdd, Monmouthshire, Wales is a parish church with Norman origins which was rebuilt in the 15th century. It is located on the site of an early Welsh defensive earthwork. The church was restored in 1884-85. It remains an active church in the parish of Llangovan with Pen-y-clawdd. It is a Grade II* listed building.

History

The church dates from the Norman period but is located on the site of an earlier earthworks.[1] The present building was constructed in the late 15th or early 16th centuries.[1] The church was restored in the Victorian period by Henry Prothero.[1] The church remains an active parish church.[2]

Architecture and description

The building is of Old Red Sandstone rubble with slate roofs.[1] The church comprises a nave, chancel, and tower with a pyramidal roof.[1]

During the Victorian restoration, a stone coffin lid of the medieval period was discovered. It is carved in relief with a Greek cross and is now on display in the chancel.[1] Cadw describes it as of the 14th century, while the architectural historian John Newman attributes it to the late 13th century and notes, "It must once have been a fine thing".[3] The church is a Grade II* listed building, its listing recording the "fine barrel roofs" dating from the 15th century.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Listed Buildings - Full Report - HeritageBill Cadw Assets - Reports". Cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
  2. ↑ "Churches". The Church in Wales. 2015-10-21. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
  3. ↑ Newman 2000, p. 468.

References

  • Newman, John (2000). Gwent/Monmouthshire. The Buildings of Wales. London: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-071053-1.
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