Church of St Tudwen is a Grade II* listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 October 1971. A Vernacular Church.
Church of St Tudwen
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1971
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Vernacular
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Church of St Tudwen is a 17th century T-plan vernacular church featuring low walls and shallow pitched roofs. It is constructed from large random granite boulders and has slate gabled roofs with plain ridges and a gabled west bellcote. The west end has an oak door set in an arched doorway with stone voussoirs. A tall rubble single bellcote with a coped gable is present. The nave contains one 20th century window in a square opening on each side. The transepts are long; the south transept is windowless to the west, featuring a south 3-light flush stone-mullion window and a smaller 2-light window to the east. The north transept has a north timber 3-light window and an east timber mullion window with 2 latticed lights. The central east gable features a timber flat-headed 3-light window with cusping.
The west entrance has three large granite steps leading down to the nave. The low walls are finished in white painted plaster, and the roof rafters are plastered between. The floors are laid with quarry tiles, and the roofs have thin 19th century collar-trusses. The north nave pews are either 18th century or early 19th century, of bench type with plain boarding, sloped backs, and curved ends. The south nave pews are later 19th century, featuring panelled backs and rolled, flat tops and ends. A medieval octagonal gritstone font with a round pedestal is present, along with a later 19th century open fronted timber pulpit. The oak altar is raised on a platform with three steps, and a 19th century timber altar rail features trefoiled arcading. The south transept includes a curtained vestry with an aumbry niche and shelf, while the north transept has an aumbry niche in the west wall and 17th and 18th century floor memorial stones. The sanctuary and transept windows are adorned with green leaded-lights featuring ecclesiastical symbols in red stained glass roundels, with shields also present in the east window.
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