Church of St Tegfan, Llandegfan

Heritage listing

Reason for designation: Listed as a Gothic Revival church, a consistent interpretation of the Decorated style. The church is particularly notable for its finely detailed marble panelling in the chancel and an unusual C17 mural monument. History: An earlier church may have stood on the site as recorded in the Norwich Taxation of 1254, the present church has been extensively restored, but has origins in C14 and nave and chancel are on original foundations. C16 porch has reset C14 doorway, other additions are early C19; the W tower, erected by Lord Bulkeley in 1811, transepts and N chapel. The church was restored and refitted 1901-3 from the designs of P S Gregory, and all windows bar those at the transept ends date from this time. Exterior: Rural church, comprising nave and chancel with N and S transepts and N chapel at end of N transept, W tower of 3 stages and S gabled porch. There are lean-to additions, one to S between porch and S transept, the other to rear in NW angle, with tall stack against N wall of the nave. Built of local rubble masonry, modern openings with sandstone dressings; slate roof with tiled ridge and stone copings. Entry to the church is through a reset C14 arched doorway with weathered hoodmould in the gabled S porch; cross finial at gable apex over. Nave and chancel have modern cinquefoil headed windows of 1 and 2 lights, the E window has 2 cinquefoil headed lights and Perpendicular tracery in a pointed arch frame with hollow chamfered jambs and hoodmould. The lateral wall of the transepts also have modern cinquefoil headed paired lights; earlier windows in N and S walls, N chapel has a pointed window of 2 trefoil headed lights with cusped tracery, S transept window similar with hoodmould and weathered base of gable finial above. The early C19 W tow

From Cadw under OGL v3.