St Cyndeyrn's Church

Heritage listing

Reason for designation: Listed grade II* as a substantial medieval church, retaining a fine tower, with good interior detail from the C15 to the C20. History: A medieval church. Nave and chancel are possible C14, to which a N aisle and chapel, and a W tower, were added in the C15 or C16. The S porch is also medieval. Medieval windows were replaced in the C17 with wood-traceried windows, but these were in turn replaced when the church was restored in 1883-8 by J.P. St Aubyn, architect. The roofs (though retaining some original timber) are also of this period. Exterior: A medieval church with alterations in C19 Gothic style, comprising nave with lower and narrower chancel, N aisle and chapel (the latter now a vestry) and W tower. Of rubble stone, partly rebuilt in snecked freestone in the late C19, and slate roofs behind coped gables on moulded kneelers. The nave S wall is buttressed at the W end, and has three 2-light geometrical windows. The R-hand window is stepped out in what was originally a rood-loft stair projection. The porch is L of centre, and has a round-headed doorway with double iron gates. The chancel has two 2-light Decorated windows and a pointed door L of centre with vertical ribs. The E window is 3-light with C19 style Perpendicular tracery. The chapel has a similar E window in a continuous elevation but with a vertical joint between chancel and chapel. On the N side are two 2-light square-headed windows, renewed in the C19 but retaining original heads with sunk spandrels and hood moulds. A lean-to boiler room further R was built in 1927. The N aisle has three 2-light square-headed windows and a blocked medieval doorway to the R with 4-centred arch and hood mould. In the W wall is a segmental-headed 3-light window. The stark 3-stage W tower has a battere

From Cadw under OGL v3.