Church of St. Edwen

The Church of St. Edwen is a late Decorated style church, built in the 18th century. It features a nave with a northwest tower and spire, a chancel, and a north vestry. The church is constructed from squared local rubble, primarily red gritstone, with sandstone dressings, and has a slate roof with stone copings.

The three-stage tower has angled clasping buttresses. The lower stage incorporates a pointed arched doorway forming the entrance porch. The bell chamber has tall traceried lights with a continuous hoodmould and is slate-hung on the south side. The broach spire has crocket finials at each angle. The broad nave is articulated into three bays by raking buttresses, with arch-headed windows of two and three lights in each bay. Paired traceried windows are found to the west, with an impost band linking to the outer buttresses. The chancel has a three-light east window.

The nave has seven roof bays with exposed cambered collar beam trusses, featuring braces carried down to wall posts and corbels. The chancel is raised by three steps and features a two-order arch, with three roof bays displaying cusped collar beam trusses and braces above, alongside plain braces carried down to wall posts with moulded corbels bearing shield emblems.

The west window contains coloured glass depicting biblical scenes and geometric patterns, including phoenix and peacock motifs, and commemorates Rev. Rice Robert Hughes, who died in 1801. The south wall’s east window is dedicated to William Bulkeley Hughes of Plas Coch, who died in 1882. The north wall’s east window commemorates Thomas Bulkely Hughes, who died in 1836, his wife Elizabeth, who died in 183?, and their three children: Margaret Ann, who died in 1804, Thomas Lloyd, who died in 1813, and a third child whose details are illegible.

The font is octagonal sandstone, set on a single pillar with a carved cross within a rectangle. The pulpit, located in the northeast corner of the nave, has 19th-century oak panelling incorporating 17th-century panels with floriate carving and beading, plus a 17th-century carved frieze depicting cherubs, dogs, and dragons, with cherub and lion head bosses. Pine pews are complemented by aisle doors, and the choir stalls are pine with carved oak facing panels, potentially dating to the 17th century. A moulded sanctuary rail is set above pierced pine panels.

The nave contains 18th and 19th-century memorials. The reading desk, dating primarily from the 19th century, incorporates elements from the late 14th and 17th centuries. The desk front features a late 14th-century ogee cusped arch with crockets and bosses, carved spandrels (a griffin on one side and a lion on the other), and angels surrounded by clouds bearing shields. A panel of late 14th-century pierced tracery is also present, along with a late 17th-century frieze of floriated design. The desk top is supported by two early 17th-century brackets carved with human heads.