Church of St David is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 May 1962. A Medieval Church.

Church of St David

WRENN ID
stark-hall-tide
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
31 May 1962
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St David, Rhulen, Aberedw
OS grid reference
SO 137 498
Coordinates
52.1401, -3.26136
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Church of St David is a small church built of whitened rubble stone, featuring a nave, chancel, and west vestry all under a single stone-tile roof. At the west end, there is a square bellcote that is set back and weatherboarded, with small bell openings that have louvres, topped by a pyramidal roof. The south porch is open-fronted with a weatherboarded gable. Inside the porch, there is a single collar-beam truss, stone benches, and a steeply shouldered doorway. The late medieval door, which may be re-used, features original iron strap hinges and a ring handle with a plate. On the east wall of the porch, there is a grave slab dedicated to Edward Morgan, who died in 1803.

The chancel includes a square-headed three-light south window, which has renewed wooden mullions and original round-headed lights, with an inscription above reading 'HW IRM 1723'. There is no east window, possibly due to the stump of a former yew tree against the chancel wall. An 18th century or early 19th century grave slab is attached to the wall on iron brackets, although its inscription is badly weathered. The north side features a trefoil-headed medieval window with iron bars. The east end of the wall is slightly set back, indicating where it has been lengthened. The west wall was rebuilt in 1985 and includes a boarded vestry door with vertical ribs and a narrow opening above that is now glazed.

Inside, a dividing wall separates the nave from the vestry and has a boarded door with strap hinges. The simple plaster wagon roof of the nave and chancel likely dates from the 18th century. The altar is set into a recess with a truncated ogee head, above which is a re-set moulded beam that probably came from a rood screen.

The plain octagonal font is situated on a later base. To the left of the altar in the east wall, there is a slate memorial tablet to Thomas Harper, who died in 1768, and his family, created by 'CM' of Hay-on-Wye. The north wall features freestone tablets commemorating James Probert, who died in 1756, created by 'WP', as well as Thomas Probert, who died in 1757, and Mary Probert, who died in 1760.

Local climate

Church of St David sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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