St Cadog's Church

Heritage listing

Reason for designation: Listed as a church with medieval origins retaining a good C14 tower, the rest remodelled in a consistent late C19 Decorated style. The church contains a good set of C18 - C19 memorials. It is a key element in the village centre. History: Anglican parish church, medieval, repaired apparently in 1694 (plaque on tower). Much restored in 1888-9 by David Jenkins for 1,948, the body of the church extensively restored and partially rebuilt, including new roofs, porch, N walls, S transept, windows and tower parapet. A restoration planned in 1878 by R J Withers was not implemented. Exterior: Anglican parish church, rubble stone with ashlar dressings and slate roofs with red terracotta ridges, alternately crested. C14 tower, the rest retaining medieval masonry with some rebuilding and all detail of 1889. Nave and chancel basically medieval, north and south chapels, and S porch mostly of 1889. Simple Decorated style. Unbuttressed west tower with battered plinth and corbelled embattled parapet, restored in 1894. One late medieval 2-light flat-headed window with arch-headed lights on N side, possibly C16. Late C19 W door N and S single-light windows, 2-light square-headed bell-chamber openings with hoodmoulds, also late C19. Datestone under S bell-light D.MT/ IM 1694/ EI. DW? Body of church has coped gables with kneelers and cross finials, windows of 1889 mostly 2-light geometric tracery with quatrefoils and hoodmoulds. Nave S has one window left of porch, two to right, nave N has 3 windows, buttress between first and second and wall is stepped out between second and third windows. Porch is late C19 with low angle buttresses, pointed arch with hoodmould and trefoil-headed side windows. N and S transepts have battered base to walls and 3-light late C19 end win

From Cadw under OGL v3.