Church of St Afran, St Ieuan and St Sannan

The Church of St Afran, St Ieuan and St Sannan is a simple, rural Medieval church. It comprises a continuous nave and chancel, with a south chapel adjoined to the east. The church is constructed of rubble masonry with freestone dressings and a modern slate roof, topped by a rough stone bellcote on the west gable.

The south doorway to the nave is round-headed, featuring a studded and boarded door with large, crude strap hinges, set within a hollow-chamfered architrave and a hoodmould. A single rectangular leaded light is located to the west of the doorway, while paired leaded lights are situated to the right, topped with a projecting rough stone hood. The north wall of the nave has a rectangular doorway offset towards the west end and a single squared leaded light to the left. The east window is a crudely fashioned plate traceried window of paired trefoil-headed lights, with a shield-shaped light in the centre, set within a weathered rounded-arched frame and a hoodmould. The east window of the south chapel has a rectangular window of paired leaded lights, with a full-height buttress offset to the south. A similarly detailed south window, with stone lintel and sill, is also present, along with a single rectangular leaded light in the west wall of the south chapel.

The nave and chancel have an exposed roof structure consisting of six bays, supported by modern braced, collared trusses. The roof of the south chapel is formed of two bays, with pegged and collared trusses. The floor is laid with stone slabs. The church fittings are likely from the 18th century. Box pews line the walls towards the chancel, with bench pews at the south end of the chapel, one of which bears the inscription “CHWAEN/WENN”. The altar is a simple slate slab supported on bar stop-chamfered piers, with a cross set into the wall above, accompanied by a moulded communion rail with tall, shaped balusters.

A 12th-century font has been reset at the west end of the nave, featuring a deep circular bowl with a moulded rim and base, set atop a circular column on a stepped rough stone base. Various memorials are present throughout the church. A particularly elaborate marble memorial in the south wall of the nave, to the east of the entrance, is flanked by wings and cherub heads at its base, with a scrolled plaque bearing a coat of arms above, all set upon a floriate base and a broad rough stone shelf. The memorial is dedicated to Hugo Williams, Doctor of Theology, who died in 1670; his gravestone is set on a stone chest on the floor of the nave below. A slate memorial to Reverend Morgan Ellis Clerk LLB, who died in 1789, is located on the west wall of the nave, and a marble memorial to Owen, second son of Owen and Margaret Parry of Chwaen Wen Isaf, who died in Australia in 1855, is on the north wall. To the left of the east window (south side) is a decorative marble memorial tablet with scrolled head and base set on a plaque bearing a winged skull, dedicated to John Wyn of Bodewrid Esq. who died in 1669, and Ellen his wife, daughter and heiress to John Lewis of Chwaen Wen Esq who died in 1650; also their eldest son John Wynne Esq LLB who died in 1676. It was erected by Robert Wynne, Rector of the parish, in recognition of his parents and affection for his brother.