Church of St Tanwg is a Grade I listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 November 1966. A Medieval Church.

Church of St Tanwg

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Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Snowdonia National Park
Country
Wales
Date first listed
30 November 1966
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Source
Cadw listing

Description

Medieval parish church comprising continuous nave and chancel, single bellcote at W gable. Built of roughly coursed rubble masonry with large stones as quoins and stone dressings. Slate roof with rough stone copings. The entrance is at the W end through a pointed arched doorway with radiating quoins, scars in the masonry above the entrance suggest that there was formerly a gabled porch. The E window was originally a tall pointed arched window, now only the moulded label with facial stops remains; the opening is partially blocked, now with a 3-light mullioned window towards the base.

The S lateral wall has a blocked opening to W end which has an arched head of radiating quoins under an advanced stone as label. To E end there are 2 rectangular openings with paired timber framed lights. Along the N lateral wall there is a partially blocked doorway to W end which now houses a rectangular window with cusped trefoil lights and a square hoodmould with weathered facial stops; there is a blocked window to it''s R (W).

Undivided nave and chancel; the roof is of 6-bays with arch braced collared trusses, the 3 easternmost bays have cusped windbraces and the E bay shows signs of a former barrel roof over the sanctuary. There is a weathered cross beam which formed the top of the rood screen to the E end and at the far W end there are the gallery support beams (formerly part of the choir loft) which have rounded moulded soffits. The sanctuary has a plain rail and is raised by a single step. Set within the sill of the S sanctuary window is part of a C6 gravestone which bears the inscription: EQUESTRINOMINE. Another inscribed stone lies by the altar which bears 2 names: the first reads INGENI, the second has been defaced but may read ENNB... (for ENNBAR). Part of a gravestone is built into the W gable above and to R of the doorway, probably C7 - C9. It bears a roughly incised cross and has had the intitials and date: REP 1685 added (probably when the doorway was inserted).

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