Church of St Bridget is a Grade II listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 February 1995. Terrace house.
Church of St Bridget
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-mortar-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Denbighshire
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1995
- Type
- Terrace house
- Address
- Church of St Bridget, Carrog, Corwen
- OS grid reference
- SJ 111 435
- Coordinates
- 52.9821, -3.32518
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Church of St Bridget is a Grade II listed building featuring a mix of architectural styles and materials. The north wall of the nave and porch is constructed from roughly coursed rubble, including boulder stones, while the south wall is made of well-coursed and squared slate, and the west wall is rendered. The church consists of a nave and chancel, with a vestry that was rebuilt in 1911 to the northwest, and a south porch that is part of the original 17th-century structure. A gabled double bell-cote is situated on the west gable.
The south porch has a heavy curved principal truss supporting the roof and a steep segmental archway leading to the inner door. The windows feature panel tracery, with two and three lights, all of which are late 19th-century additions. The chancel has paired foiled lancets on the north and south sides, and a three-light reticulated traceried window on the east.
Inside, the church has a simple layout with mainly late 19th-century fittings, but it boasts a fine early 17th-century nave roof with seven bays, featuring curved principal trusses with collar struts and three purlins. The chancel was extensively reconstructed in 1867, but its roof also appears to be from the 17th century, showcasing semi-circular trusses with cusped kingposts and braces, along with elaborate cusped wind-braces. A low stone screen separates the nave from the chancel, and there is an octagonal wood panelled pulpit at the north end. The sanctuary is adorned with encaustic tiles and a stone reredos by Earp.
The east window contains stained glass by Clayton and Bell, and the southeast window of the nave may also be by the same makers. The other nave windows, dated between 1841 and 1848, are said to be the work of an amateur according to D.R. Thomas; they were originally located in the chancel before being moved to the nave. A wall memorial to the south of the nave commemorates Elizabeth Roberts, who died in 1798. The font, which may be medieval, is a simply hewn basin with a moulded rim and base, possibly salvaged from an earlier church.
Local climate
Church of St Bridget sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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