St Cadoc's Church, Cadoxton

Heritage listing

History: Church here since C12. Present building has C13 chancel, C15 nave and tower probably at expense of local Andrew family, C16 S porch. Extensive Victorian restoration, including rebuilding of nave walls, 1885, by John Price Jones, architect, of Cardiff. Exterior: Grey rubble, chancel rendered, slate roofs. Saddleback W tower has trefoil window to each side at belfry level, below these to S, round-headed light, then trefoil light and round-headed light at ground level; doorway to W. South gabled porch with simple pointed arched doorway, stone benches. To each side of porch, nave has windows of 3 cusped lights with square hoodmoulds, and to R, shallow rectangular stair projection; to N, nave has 2 small windows, and, to W 3-light window. Chancel (stepped down) has, to S, window of 2 cusped lights with square hoodmould; E window of 2 lights (inserted 1828); narrow window to N. Interior: Walls plastered, simple chamfers to exposed stones of tower and chancel arches. Stone tower stair in NE corner. Chancel has wooden altar and reredos in Decorated style (1920 s; moved from St John s Church 1951); C17 communion rail with balusters, piscina beneath chancel S window. Nave has Gothic doorway to stairs to former rood-loft (SE corner of nave). Nave roof dates from 1885 restoration. Norman font with roll-mouldings. Location: At junction of Coldbrook Road West and Brock Street in small churchyard.

From Cadw under OGL v3.