Church of St Tecwyn is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 December 2004. Church.

Church of St Tecwyn

WRENN ID
muffled-plinth-tarn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Snowdonia National Park
Country
Wales
Date first listed
30 December 2004
Type
Church
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Church of St Tecwyn is a rural parish church featuring a continuous nave and chancel, along with a southwest porch. It is designed in a simple early Gothic style and constructed from coursed, mortared rubble masonry, with a plinth course and freestone dressings. The slate roof has a decorative tiled ridge and a single west bellcote. The church consists of five bays, each defined by a stepped raking buttress and a pointed arched window. A similar window is located in the west gable, while the east gable features a narrow trefoil-headed light with a round-headed recess at the apex. The southwest porch has a pointed arched entrance.

Inside, the church has a straightforward design with a roof of five bays supported by exposed, chamfered, arch-braced trusses that extend down to wallposts on shaped corbels. The chancel is raised by a single step, with the sanctuary elevated further by another step. On the north wall of the chancel, there is an inscribed stone believed to date from the 11th century, discovered during the church's rebuilding. This stone features a crudely carved cross and an inscription that reads:

Scti Tetquini Pr[esbyter]i h[o]ri Dei claris [imi] q[ue] Dei s[e]roi Heli diaco[n]i me fecit + a. b. c. d. e. f. +

This translates to: [the Cross of] St. Tecwyn, presbyter, to the honour of God and the most illustrious servant of God, Heli, deacon, made me. (the last word may read 'merci').

On the south wall of the chancel, there is an arched recess that contains a stone tablet commemorating Iohn Owen, son of Owen Iohn of Caerwych, who died in 1766.

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