St Trillo's Church

Heritage listing

History: The earliest visible remains relate to a C13 church (see the N wall of the present N aisle), which was extended in the early C16, forming a double-naved church. A restoration was carried out in 1857 by H Kennedy, and the church was again restored in 1898. Exterior: Rough rubble with freestone dressings, probably at one time lime-washed to serve as a navigational landmark, and now partly roughcast rendered. Slate roofs. West tower, nave and N aisle (originally both naves). West tower, said to have been built in 1552, and adapted to serve as a watch tower in c1600. Undivided, battered tower with embattled parapet. Chamfered arched paired bellchamber lights. Nave has panel traceried W window of 3 lights, the work if Kennedy. Roughcast S porch with coped gable and plain pointed archway. 3-light Perpendicular windows in S wall, and blocked plain chamfered priest’s doorway towards the E. Big 5-light Perpendicular E window in hollow chamfered surround. E window of N aisle is styled like the W nave window and is also a C19 restoration. Gabled vestry and organ chamber (not so built) project from N wall of nave, and in this wall the blocked remains of an Early English arcade of 2 bays are visible. Interior: Nave arcade of 4 bays, octagonal columns carrying shallow deeply moulded 4-centred arches. Carved angels carrying shields at the springing of each arch. Undifferentiated sanctuary occupies easternmost bay. C16 roof, with heavy, roughly shaped arched braced collar trusses, and chunky wind-braces. N wall of aisle reveals the chamfered square bases of 2 pointed arches of the blocked arcade. Rough voussoir arched doorway leads to W vestry. Furnishings: C13 font: bulbous octagonal basin with ribs at angles and a nailhead frieze. C19 benches. Reredos was erected c1919 as a

From Cadw under OGL v3.