Church of St Gwynhoydl

Parish church, rubble stone with some large boulders, slate roofs with C19 copings and finials. C19 centre W gable bellcote. Triple gable at W with mid C19 2-light window and hoodmould to nave, traces of blocked W door. Triple gable at E with 3 fine Perpendicular Gothic 3-light windows, deep-set, 4-centred with hoodmoulds, straight joints between nave and aisles. N aisle E window has carved head stops to hood. S aisle has late Perpendicular moulded doorway with 4-centred arch and hoodmould. Three-light 4-centred window to right of 1850. To right, a small C16 flat-headed 2-light window with hood. Attached to S wall is table tomb to Griffith Griffiths, d 1746 aged 93 who 'lived under seven sovereigns' and C19 table tomb to Francis Lloyd of Nant Gwnadl d1694 renewed by A E Lloyd Edwards of Nanhoron, a descendant. N aisle has 2-light, 3-light and 2-light windows of 1850, the right one replacing a doorway, the centre one replacing a narrow loop.

Triple roofed interior with rubble walls and ashlar 3-bay arcades with 4-centred arches. N arcade has elongated octagon plan piers and plain 2 chamfer arches dying-in. No capitals. Ogee-pointed niche on W face of E pier. Inscriptions record building of aisle in 1520. S arcade is more elaborate, hollow-mouldings to arches, piers have moulded caps and M-shaped moulding down diagonal faces of piers. Roofs are 5-bay, each with four C15 to early C16 arch-braced collar-trusses, repaired 1850 in restoration by Henry Kennedy. N aisle has some angle struts and cusping over collars. Gritstone font, octagonal on octagonal shaft and chamfered base. Carved sunk relief panels: a mitred head, a crowned head, a fleur-de-lys and other patterns. Some fragments of ancient stained glass in nave E window. On E respond of N arcade is c1520 inscription recording that St Gwynhoydl is buried here. On the next pier the building inscription of 1520. In N aisle E memorial slate slab to Catherine Owen, d 1717, S aisle E slab to John Lloydes, d 1667. Open traceried timber pulpit of c1850. Pews and floors of 1963. Later C20 ashlar altar, rails and tiled sanctuary floor.