St Owain's Church

Heritage listing

Reason for designation: Included for its special interest as very complete Victorian church designed by John Prichard as a near copy of the previous medieval church. History: Built in 1865-8, designed by John Prichard but said to be a close replica of the previous medieval church which was demolished completely (the tithe map of 1843 shows that it had the same outline). The church has been unaltered since apart from the whitewashing of the interior and the careful addition of a meeting room in c2000. The font is also an introduction from Llanbradach. Exterior: Built of local blue lias limestone rubble, carefully coursed and squared, with Bath stone dressings and Welsh slate roofs; internally the church is faced in multi-coloured brick. Nave, chancel, south porch, west tower and north vestry and meeting room. Late C13 style. The nave is in three bays with a tall gabled porch in the centre. This has a pointed arch door with a dripmould, blind return walls, coped gables and apex cross. The porch is flanked by a trefoil headed lancet on the left and a 2-light Early English window on the right with trefoil in the head. Eaves brackets, coped gables, apex cross on the east gable. Lower chancel with roof details as before, plain 2-light window. East gable has a 3-light window with a circular cinquefoil in the head. The north wall has a small vestry with a tall medieval style chimney. Attached beyond this is a gabled meeting room in like manner and built of the same materials, 3-light window in the gable with lancets to the long wall. The north wall of the nave has three trefoil headed lancets as before and a Caernarvon headed doorway into the tower. Lights to the tower stairs in the west gable. Two stage tower with battered base. Two-light west window with quatrefoil head. Tall

From Cadw under OGL v3.