Detached Belfry Tower at the Church of St Sadwrn is a Grade II* listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 24 October 1950. Belfry tower.

Detached Belfry Tower at the Church of St Sadwrn

WRENN ID
idle-pediment-frost
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Denbighshire
Country
Wales
Date first listed
24 October 1950
Type
Belfry tower
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The detached belfry tower at the Church of St Sadwrn is a Grade II* listed building. This square, four-stage tower is constructed of limestone with sandstone dressings and features a shallow-pitched leaded roof. It has a battered plinth and is situated on a tall rock outcrop.

The eastern face of the tower includes a pointed-arched primary entrance to the raised first stage, which has heavily-weathered sandstone jambs and counter-changed voussoirs made of limestone and sandstone. There is an old, possibly original, boarded door that is recessed and has an upper grille. A flight of nine parapetted stone steps leads up to the entrance, ascending from right to left.

The third stage, which houses the bell, has paired pointed-arched lights on each face, complemented by horizontally-slatted vents. The tower is topped with a crenellated parapet that features plain sandstone gargoyles at the front angles (southeast and northeast), and there is a 20th-century flagpole located at the southwest corner.

Inside, the tower has a plain interior across three stages below the roof level, with exposed rubble walls and renewed floor boarding supported by stopped-chamfered lateral beams. Access to the upper levels is provided by a ladder-stair.

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